Fifteen crossbred cows (Holstein-Zebu) from EPAMIG-Leopoldina Experimental Farm with an average weight of 511.8 kg were allocated into an experiment in a complete randommized design, in four treatments, with four animals in the treatments 1, 2, and 4 and three in the treatment 3. The treatments were cosntituted of diets with corn silage and concentrate (60:40) and were fed individually and ad libitum and their contents in percentage of urea were: T1=0.0; T2= 0.7; T3= 1.4 and T4=2.1 corresponding to […]

This trial was developed with aim of evaluating the productive parameters of a pasture of oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) and Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) submitted to alternatives of utilization. The treatments were: 1 ‘Supplement’: pasture of oat + ryegrass + animals fed energy supplementt in a daily quantity of 1.0% of live weight (LW) with nitrogen (N) fertilization of 150 kg/ha; 2 ‘Nitrogen’: pasture of oat + ryegrass with N fertilization of 300 kg/ha; 3 ‘Pasture’: pasture of oat […]

The performance of steers fed diets using as roughage rice straw treated with anydrous ammonia, rice straw+urea, sugar cane + urea and sorghum silage were evaluated. Sixteen PO Simental steers, averaging 400 kg initial LW, were assigned to a completely randomized design. The experiment last 88 days, 15 days of adaptation and 61 experimental days, divided in three periods of 21 days. Total DM intake, that ranged from 7.1 to 10.0 kg/day, differ among treatments, where higher intakes were observed […]

Genetic parameters for weights (17, 942 records), obtained in intervals of 60 days, from the birth to selection (378 days of age), of 2,582 males of the Nellore breed was estimated in univariate analyses by the Maximum Restricted Likelihood method. The models of analysis models included the fixed effects of contemporary groups, month of birth, mother age and age when the weights were collected as covariate. Three models differing in random effects were tested: the model 1 (M1) was adjusted […]

Meat physical and chemical characteristics of Nellore (NE) and F1 Nellore x Sindi (NS) cattle and Mediterranean buffaloes (BM) castrated and entire were evaluated. The experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial arrangement 3 (genetic groups) x 2 (sexual conditions) with 24 plots. Animals were confined, received the same diet and were slaughtered at average weight of 437.5 kg. Meat samples were taken from Longissimus dorsi muscle between 12th and 13th ribs. Castrated and entire animals meat obtained higher […]

Gliricidia sepium has been used as shade tree in cocoa plantations, living fences, wood, fuel wood and livestock forage. It can be grown from seeds and from cuttings or stakes. This experiment was carried out to evaluate five grown methods from Gliricidia cuttings in other to identify the one showing highest stake sprouting indexes, forage production and least implantation costs. The experiment was in a randomized block design with five treatments and five replications. The treatments were the followings: 1) […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of different crude fiber and soybean oil levels in diets for Tilapia Nile. Twenty-four circular fishbowls of 250 liters, with an individual system of water replenishment and heating, were used. The stocking rate was of seven fishes/fishbowl, totalizing 168 fishes, with average initial weight of 6.41±0.05 g. Weight gain, apparent feed:gain ratio, specific growing rate and protein efficiency rate were evaluated. The chemical composition and carcass yield, eviscerated carcass and […]

An experiment was arranged in a randomized blocks design, in a 3 x 8 factorial scheme, three nitrogen (N) levels (0, 20 e 40 mg dm-3 week-1 of N) and eight regrowth ages (0, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 and 48 days after the standardized harvest) in pots in greenhouse, with three replicates for each treatment, to evaluate the morphogenesis (leaf appearance rate [TApF] and leaf elongation rate [TAlF]) and structural characteristics (average leaf length [CMF], number of alive […]

Six castrated steers fistulated in the rumen and abomasum were randomly assigned to two 3 x3 Latin squares (three animals, three intake levels [1.5 supply, 2.0 and 2.5% LW] and three periods) to compare the collection techniques for abomasal and omasal digesta in order to determine the flow as well as to evaluate the effects of the three offer levels (1.5; 2.0 and 2.5% live weight) on both intakes and total and partial apparent digestibilities of DM, OM, CP, EE […]

Objective was to evaluate the behavior average inbreeding coefficient associated to the selection limit considering selected population as base population. GENESYS program was used for simulation of the genome (one trait of h2 = 0.40), base population, initial population and populations under selection. Three different generations were considered as base generations, zero (G0PB), three (G3PB) and seven (G7PB). Populations were selected based on best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP) and on individual phenotype in which were considered: a) two effective population […]