An experiment was conducted to evaluate the use of animal by-products in diets of broilers from 22 to 42 days of age, formulated based on crude and ideal protein concepts. The experimental design was a completely randomized in a factorial arrangement 2×2+1 with two animal protein sources (poultry viscera meal and bovine blood meal), two formulation concepts (based on crude and ideal protein) and a control diet based on corn and soybean meal, with four replications. The evaluated characteristics were […]

The ingestive behavior of beef heifers when submitted to different energy supplementation levels was evaluated. Heifers grazing Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) pasture, were supplemented with wheat bran, supplied daily at 2 p.m. at levels of 0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5% of live weight. The activities of grazing, rumination, idle and trough permanence, were recorded by visual observation, at a ten minute intervals, in four periods of 24 hours. For each supplementation level were allocated […]

This work aims to evaluate the body measures of colts and fillies of Mangalarga Marchador breed using a discriminant analysis. Measures were performed at birth week, in 55 colts and 41 fillies; at six months age, in 35 colts and 37 fillies; and at twelve months age, in 19 colts and 31 fillies. There were made 25 linear measures, including height, length, width and girth, plus 11 angular measures. Discriminant analysis was used to verify morphologic differences between the animals, […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the dry matter ingestion, average daily gain, feed:gain ratio, live weight at slaughter and days in trial in pure Santa Inês and ½Dorset ½Santa Inês lambs, submitted to isoenergetic (76.59% TDN) and isoprotein (17.48% crude protein) diets with different sources of vegetable oil (soybean oil, canola and linseed) and a control diet (without vegetable oil inclusion). The forage:concentrate ratio was 30:70, and oat hay was used as forage. Digestibility analysis was performed, using […]

Performance, plasmatic parameters and carcass traits of 24 3/4 Simmental 1/4 Nellore steers with 370 kg initial average weight was evaluated. The experimental diets were composed by corn silage (55%) and concentrate with sunflower meal as protein source and ground corn as energy source (MI). Ground corn was partially substituted by soybean hulls (CS) or by corn meal (FGM). The period of intake and average weight gain evaluation was 49 days. Blood samples were collected to measure plasmatic parameters: glucose, […]

Two experiments were carried out to study the digestibility of starch and the specific activity of amylase (ACAMY) and maltase (ACMAL) enzymes in two portions of small intestine (jejunum and ileum), in rabbits with initial ages of 28 and 49 days, fed with four sources of starch (corn, sorghum, triticale and cassava) processed or not by extrusion. Sixty-four White New Zealand rabbits were used in each experiment, distributed in a completely randomized design with eight treatments and eight replications. At […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the distribution of assimilates produced by the top and bottom leaves of the main tiller in plants of Monbaçagrass (Panicum maximum), in two stages of plant development, and three harvest times after plant exposure to 14CO2 (three, eight and twenty four hours). The experimental treatments were arranged in a 2X2X3 factorial combination. The experimental design utilized was completely randomized. The exposure time to 14CO2 was 20 minutes. Each plant was separated into […]

Apis mellifera honeybee brood rearing in laboratory conditions has been frequentely used to search for larval development, caste determination, and more recently for tests of pathogenesis. The amount and quality of food received by larvae during the feeding time can produce different castes (queen, worker or intercaste). In the present work, brood were reared from larvae with 18-24 hours old to adult bee stage and fed 4, 15, 25, 50 e 70 µl of a special diet . To determine […]

This work aims to evaluate yield production and composition of milk of Mangalarga Marchador mares and average weight gain of suckling foals. Milk yield was evaluated in eight mares by the weigh-suck-weigh method, at intervals of two hour, twelve times a day. Daily milk produced was estimated by summing of the twelve observations. Milk yield was performed at 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160 days of lactation. The milk was analyzed for lactose, protein, fat and energy […]

The canopy growth of Mombaçagrass was assessed under intermittent stocking with three rest periods, characterized by the time required for the expansion of 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 new leaf blades per tiller, after grazing periods of six days. The experimental area was divided into five or six paddocks per treatment. Five crossbreed (Holstein x Zebu) steers were randomly assigned to each treatment. Extra steers were also used to achieve residual leaf area index of about 2.0, by the end of […]