Fifty hybrid gilts, with high genetic potential for lean gain and initial and final average weight of 30.0 ± 0.45 and 59.9 ± 2.53 kg, respectively, were used in an experiment to evaluate diet with different levels of lysine. An experimental design of randomized blocks, with five treatments, five replicates and two animals per experimental unit, was used. The treatments corresponded to a basal diet with 17.5% crude protein, supplemented with five levels of HCl-L-lysine, resulting in diets with 0.80, […]

It was evaluated beef heifers performance from three until twelve months of age, when they were reared in cultivated pasture soon after their weaning (experiment 1) and in the first winter post-weaning (experiment 2), with or without the supply of energy supplements to the animals. From 02/16 to 04/21/2001, the heifers stayed in Pearl Millet pasture, exclusively under grazing (PAST1); supplemented with milled corn grain (PAST1/C) or supplemented with pellet citric pulp (PAST1/P). From 07/13 to 10/09/2001, the heifers were […]

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of coconut meal (CM) in diets for laying hens. Two hundred and forty laying hens at 43 weeks of age were assigned to a randomized block design, with five treatments and eight replicates of six birds per treatment. The treatments consisted of five isoprotein (16.5% CP) and isocaloric (2,800 kcal ME/kg) diets containing 0%, 5%; 10%; 15% and 20% CM. The experiment was carried out for 112 days and the […]

Forty-seven bovines (average live weight of 266 kg), 16 zebu and 31 dairy crossbreeds (16 crossbreed Holstein x Gir and 15 Holstein x Guzera), were used to evaluate energy and protein requirements. Twelve animals (four of each racial group) were used as reference bovines, eleven were fed for maintenance and the 24 remaining were allotted to two treatments (zebu and dairy crossbreeds) in two phases (growing and fattening). Growing phase started when bovines reached 257 kg and lasted up to […]

The trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of three levels of energy-protein supplementation with corn ground and soybean meal on grazing dairy heifers body development. Fifteen Jersey heifers, aged of 6 to 18 months and weighing 142,2 ± 7,8 kg, were used. Animals were kept under rotational grazing system and fixed stocking rate on a ryegrass and black oats pasture. Animals were classified by their initial body weight and randomly assigned to treatments according to a complete randomized block […]

An experiment was conduced to determine the crude protein (CP) level in diets with amino acids supplementation for gilts maintained in a thermal comfort environment. Fifty crossbreed crossbred gilts (Landrace x Large White) with initial average weight of 30.1 kg were allotted to a completely randomized experimental design, with five treatments (19, 18, 17, 16 and 15% of CP with supplementation of lysine, methionine, tryptophan, threonine and valine to maintain the same protein quality) five replicates and two animals per […]

One experiment was conducted to study the effect of the substitution of dry skim milk for isolated soybean protein in diets of piglets from 21 to 35 days of age. It was used 80 piglets in a experimental design involved 5 treatments, 4 blocks of 4 animals each in a total of 16 piglets per treatment. The treatments constituted the levels of substitution (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) of the protein furnished by dry skim milk for isolated soybean […]

Biometric measures of dairy goats were taken to estimate equations for prediction of weight and carcass characteristics of animals with different nutritional conditions. An experiment was carried out into two phases, with 27 male Saanen goats at each one. The animals were assigned to the following feeding groups: ad libitum, 30 and 60% of restriction. The initial live weight (LW) was 5 kg at the Phase 1 and 20 kg at the Phase 2, the animals were slaughtered when they […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate, in purified diets, the effects of different levels of crude fiber on the apparent digestibility and gastrointestinal transit rate in Nile Tilapia. Five circular fishbowls (250 L) with a closed system of water filtering, replenishment and heat for feeding and five digestibility fishbowls with individual filtering replenishment and heat system were used. Thirty-two fishes, averaging initial weight of 30.65 ± 0.50 were used. A completely randomized design with five levels of crude […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the meat centesimal composition of Santa Ines pure breed and Santa Ines vs Texel crossbreed lambs, slaughtered at different body weights. Thirteen males and fourteen females from both breeds were selected. The muscle biceps femoris was used to determine water, crude protein, crude extract and minerals contents. The experiment was arranged randomly, with 16 traits in a 2x2x4 factorial scheme with two genetic groups, two genders (14 males and 13 females in […]