The effect of hCG administration on reproductive performance of Alpine goats during the natural breeding season was evaluated. Thirty-two nulliparous and 124 lactating goats, after estrus identification and breeding, were randomly assigned according to the categories to two treatments. In T1 (n=75) and T2 (n=81) the animals received 1 mL of saline solution or 250 IU of hCG intramuscularly, respectively, five days after breeding. Pregnancy was detected and confirmed on days 35 and 70 after breeding by transabdominal ultrasonography (3.5 […]

This work aims to evaluate the morphology of Mangalarga Marchador foals with Factorial Analysis from August, 2000 to June, 2003. Nineteen linear measures relating to height, length, width and girth and 11 angular measures were made at birth’s week, in 55 colts and 41 fillies; at six months of age, in 35 colts and 37 fillies; and at twelve months of age, in 19 colts and 31 fillies. The factorial analysis was used to verify the existence of important relationships […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effect of the harvest time (45 or 60 days of regrowth), and enzymatic-bacterial inoculants on the fermentation characteristics, chemical composition, in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of silages from Tanzânia and Mombaça (Panicum maximum Jacq.) cultivars. Forages, cut in the different ages, were ensiled according two treatments: A – Control; B – Ensiled with enzymatic-bacterial inoculants. A completely randomized experimental design was in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement […]

The aim of the study was to maximize the egg production and quality and minimize nitrogen excretion of laying hens in the end of the first production cycle through the supply of adequate levels of crude protein (CP) and total sulfur amino acids (TSAA) in the diet. Four hundred and thirty two Isa Brown hens 52-w old were assigned to a completely randomized experiment design in a 3 x 3 factorial arrangement (CP and TSAA), with nine treatments (14 and […]

The objective of this experiment was to verify the effects of soybean oil and/or ethanolic extract of propolis, in the diets of dairy goats, on intake, on digestibility of nutrients, on milk production and composition and some ruminal parameters. Sixteen Alpine female goats were used, in which four animals fistulated in the rumen. The animals were allocated in four 4×4 Latin squares, in a 2×2 factorial arrangement of treatments. It was added to the concentrate 0 or 120 g of […]

The tissue flow and structural traits of Panicum maximum cv. Mombaça canopy were evaluated under intermittent stocking, with rest period (RP) defined in terms of the time required for the expansion of 2.5; 3.5 and 4.5 new leaves per tiller. The pasture treatment was divided into five or six paddocks (replicates) per treatment, observing a completely randomized design. One group of five Holstein-Zebu crossbred steers, as testers, grazed the paddocks of the respective treatment during six days. Put and taken […]

The experiment aimed to determine the herbage mass and to evaluate the botanical and chemical composition of a stockpiled Buffelgrass pasture during the dry season. Visual estimates were accomplished for determination of the botanical composition. Samples were cut for forage availability determination. The data were processed by the BOTANAL program. Three esophagus fistulated animals were used to evaluate the quality and botanical composition of the selected diet. On the pasture a total of 10 families, 19 genus and 19 species […]

This work aimed to evaluate body measures of colts and fillies of Mangalarga Marchador breed with principal components analysis. Measures were performed at birth week, in 55 colts and 41 fillies; at six months of age, in 35 colts and 37 fillies; and at twelve months of age, in 19 colts and 31 fillies. There were made 25 linear measures, including height, length, width and girth, and 11 angular measures. Evaluation of animals with 12 months of age was made […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate supplementation of sorghum straw (SS) with poultry litter (PL) in a single offering/day, and minerals and their effects on feed intake, sorghum straw dry matter disappearance (DMD) in nylon bags and rumen liquid ammonia N concentration. A 4×4 latin square design with 17-day periods and four rumen fistulated stalled cows was used to compare four treatments: (0) SS alone, (M) SS + mineral mixture offered ad libitum (P) SS + 1 kg/day of […]

The experiment was carried out from 2000 (Year 1) to 2001 (Year 2), in a leveled lowland, to compare the effect of nitrogen levels and energy supplementation levels on the herbage crude protein, in vitro organic matter digestibility and production, animal production and profit. The treatments used in Year 1 were: Italian ryegrass cultivated pasture (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) plus 300 kg.ha of nitrogen (N) and supplementation with ground corn grain at .8% LW/day (300N+.8S); Italian ryegrass pasture plus 200 kg.ha […]