Three wethers averaging 50 kg LW, fitted with four catheters, in the mesenteric vein, mesenteric artery, portal vein and hepatic vein, were used to evaluate nutrient intake and glucose, a-amino nitrogen, ammonia and urea splanchnic fluxes in sheep fed with different protein sources. Statistical design was a 3×3 Latin square. Treatments consisted of three different protein sources utilization: soybean meal, hydrolyzed feather meal and corn gluten meal. There were no treatment effects over intake of dry matter (DM), organic matter […]

This experiment had as objective to evaluate protein fermentation of three nitrogen sources (trypticase, soybean meal and fish meal), with or without monensin or propolis extract addition. Incubations were done by using 7.2 mL of McDougall buffer, 2.0 mL of inocula, 0.2 mL of ethanolic solution with or without monensin or propolis and 84.4, 150 or 112.5 mg/10 mL of trypticase, soybean meal and fish meal, respectively, in a 3×3 factorial arranjement. The flasks were incubated anaerobically at 39ºC in […]

One bioassay was carried out using 21-to32-day old broilers chicks to determine the values of apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) of crude soybean oil, corn oil, canola oil, avian fat, coconut fat, swine lard, beef tallow, crude soybean oil + coconut fat and crude soybean oil + beef tallow, both latter in 1:1 proportion. The method of total excreta collection was used for the trials, which lasted 10 days each: the first five days for […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of calcium for broilers in growing (22 to 42 days), and finishing (43 to 53 days) phases. Three hundred and sixty Avian Farm broiler chicks (180 from each sex) were used in both trails. The first experiment lasted 21 days and the second one, 10 days. A completely randomized design was used in both experiments, with six treatments, six replications and 10 birds per experimental unity (five males and five […]

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the temperature and rearing system on the apparent metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance (MEm) for broiler breeder hens. In the experiment 1, MEm was determined with birds in cages. One hundred-ninety-two birds were housed in climatic chambers at 13, 21 and 30ºC. The birds were assigned to four treatments with four replications of four birds each. The treatments were: ad libitum intake, 70, 50 and 30% of ad libitum intake. Comparative […]

The experiment was developed to evaluate the effect of the replacement of corn grain by dehydrated citrus pulp pellets on the performance and carcass characteristics of Santa Gertrudis young bulls fed high concentrate diets. Twenty-eight bulls, with average age of nine months and an initial weight of 277 kg, were kept in individual pens and fed during 92 days, after 21 days of adaptation. The animals were fed a diet with 20% of the dry matter as corn silage, with […]

Twelve purebred and crossbred Holstein cows were allotted to three 4 x 4 Latin Squares to evaluate the nitrogen (N) balance, microbial protein production, plasma and milk urea concentration and different urine collections times. The experimental diets were based on corn silage (CS) (AG 1051) with forage:concentrate ratio (F:C) of 60:40, in dry matter (DM) basis, or in sugar cane basis (SC) (RB 855536) with F:C of 60:40 with .35 or 1% of urea+ammonium sulfate (AS) mixture or FC of […]

The effects on the performance of calves submitted to: a) three treatments, consisted of post-partum stocking rates (CA) of 240 kg of live weight (LW)/ha (treatment 1, T1), of 320 kg of LW/ha (T2), both on natural pastures, and of 400 kg of LW/ha on improved pasture of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) during the first 80 days post-partum, and after on natural pasture at the same stocking rate as T2 afterwards (T3); b) two weaning ages, consisted of weaning […]

Samples from common carp (Cyprinus carpio) muscle and water from three fish ponds fertilized with pig manure and one where the fishes were fed with commercial ration, were analyzed for a period of six months. The objective was to observe the incidence of pathogenic bacterial, such as Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, total and fecal coliforms, in fish sold in natura in Chapecó county, Santa Catarina. Dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, total alkalinity, total hardness, ammonia, nitrate and orthophosphate, total and fecal coliforms […]

In order to estimate genetic parameters for swine carcasses traits, data of dressing percentage (DP), carcass length by Brazilian method (CLBM) and American method (CLAM), average backfat thickness (ABT), backfat thickness at 6.5 cm from the dorsal line (P2), loin eye area (LEA), lean:fat ratio (LFR), ham yield (HY), lean, fat and lean cuts yields (LY, FY and LCY), fat weight:lean weight ratio (FLR), and lean tissue growth rate (LTGR) obtained from 711 swine of the Large White breed, were […]