The effects of feeling tilapia filleting by-product meal (TF) for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus L.) during the sexual reversion phase were evaluated. Three hundred and seventy-five 2-3-d larvaes were allotted to 25 30L-aquariums, according to a complete randomized design with five treatments of five replications. Aquarium with 15 larvae comprised the experimental unit. Diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isoenergetic and contained 38.6% of digestible protein and 3,800 kcal of ED/kg, on increasing levels of TF (0, 5, 10, […]

The objectives of this trial were to evaluate the efficacy of oregan extract (OE), as growth promoter, in the diets, on performance, immune system (bursa Fabricius weight and volume, spleen weight and thymus weight), anatomic-physiological parameters of the gastrointestinal tract (villy height, crypta depth and villy:crypta ratio), caecum microbiological analysis, and duodenum and caecum pH. One thousand and fourty male Cobb 500 chicks, in two growing phases (1 to 21 and 1 to 42 days old) were randomly assigned to […]

This work was conducted to study the quantitative carcass traits of 36 buffaloes (12 Murrah – MUR, 12 Jafarabadi – JAF and 12 Mediterranean – MED) averaging 18 months old and initial body weight (BW) of 330 kg finished in feedlot. Twelve animals of each genetic group were randomly assigned to three sub-groups (four animals) and distributed to the following treatments: Maturity 1 – slaughter weight at 400 kg of BW, Maturity 2 – slaughter weight at 450 kg of […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of levels (10, 20, 30 and 40%, based on fresh matter) of coffee hulls added to elephantgrass at ensilage on the bromatological composition, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of the resulting silage and the production and composition of the silo effluent. Twenty cylindrical plastic silos measuring 0.25 m diameter x 0.75 m height were used. A complete randomized design was used with four replications. The results demonstrated coffee hulls efficiency […]

This study was conducted to compare royal jelly production from colonies of Apis mellifera Africanized honeybees selected for yields of royal jelly or honey with that from Carniolan hybrids. In the first trial, 10 colonies of Africanized honeybees selected for royal jelly production were used; the top five queens were replaced with their offspring and in the remaining colonies were introduced Carniolan queens in order to evaluate production after switch of population. In the second trial, 15 colonies were used […]

Four hundred and eighty broilers were assigned to a completely randomized design with a 6×2 arrangement (six levels of manganese and 2 sexes – male and female) and four replicates to determine the manganese requirements in the growing (22 to 42 days) and finishing (43 to 54 days) phases. Six and four birds per experimental unit, respectively, were used in the first and second trials. In both trials, the treatments consisted of a basal diet deficient in manganese (6.5 ppm) […]

The experiment was conducted to estimate morphogenic and structural characteristics and dry matter accumulation rate of leaf blades in a pasture of Cynodon dactylon cv. coast-cross grass intermittently grazed by lactating cows. The evaluations were performed in Spring (October-November), in Summer (February-March) and in Fall (May-June). The study was conducted observing a completely randomized design. with six replications. Leaf length, appearance and senescence in marked tillers were registered over the rest period of the paddock. Tillers in sampling areas of […]

Four ruminally cannulated Holstein steers averaging 259 kg of body weight were assigned to a 4×4 Latin square to study the effects of replacing elephantgrass silage with cottonseed hulls on serum urea nitrogen (SUN), ruminal metabolism, urinary excretion of nitrogenous compounds, and microbial protein synthesis measured by omasal purine bases or by urinary excretion of purine derivatives. Treatments (60% of forage) contained on DM basis: 0, 10, 20 or 30% of cottonseed hulls that partially replaced elephantgrass silage in the […]

Four ruminally cannulated Holstein steers averaging 259 kg of body weight were randomly assigned to a 4×4 Latin square to study the effects of replacing elephantgrass silage with cottonseed hulls on intake and apparent ruminal, intestinal, and total tract digestibilities of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), ether extract (EE), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber corrected to ash and protein (NDFap), and corrected non-fiber carbohydrates (NFCap). Intake of total digestible nutrients (TDN) and ruminal degradabilities of cottonseed hulls, elephantgrass […]

The objective of this trial was to study intake, apparent total tract digestibility, and production of Nellore steers fed diets containing the following ratios of Brachiaria brizantha and sorghum silages: 100:0, 67:33, 33:67, and 0:100 on dry matter (DM) basis. Twenty-four castrated steers averaging 380 kg at the beginning of the trial and receiving a forage:concentrate ratio of 60:40 (DM basis) were used in a randomized complete block design (six replicates per treatment). The experiment lasted 78 days with three […]