The objective of this study was to estimate the genetic correlations of female body weights at weaning (BWW), 12 (W12) and 18 (W18) months of age with age at first calving (AFC), body weight at first calving (WFC), adult body weight (ABW), and the parameters for mature weight (A) and maturation rate (k) obtained using the Von Bertalanffy model, in a Canchim herd. The restricted maximum likelihood method, with two-trait analyses, was used with models that included the fixed effects […]

Cluster analysis principles were used to allot bulls to be used as Multiple Service sires (MS). Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) on pre- and postweaning traits were used to calculate distances between bulls. EPDs were standardized and weighed to form a final selection index. The criteria to form lots was based on minimizing the sum of all standardized distances for all possible pairs of bulls. The program was tested on a set of 158 top bulls from a Nelore herd. A […]

The experiment was carried out at the experimental station of EMBRAPA/National Dairy Research, at Coronel Pacheco, in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, to evaluate the qualitative aspects of nutrient recycling through the feces of grazing bovines. A 110 square meter plot was located in a previous established pasture of Brachiaria decumbens. The feces patches produced by the three animals remained in the area per 10 weeks and covered 0.8% of the surface. It was possible to observe […]

The present work was developed in order to determine the protein and energy apparent digestibility coefficients of the principal ingredients used in the pintado juvenile diets. Six hundred juveniles with initial weight and total length means of 9.80 ± 1.48 g and 13.00 ± 1.00 cm, respectively, were used. The modified Guelph system was appraised to collect feces. All the twelve test diets were constituted of 69.50% of the reference diet, 0.50% of chromium oxide used as inert marker, and […]

This trial aimed to describe and compare the feeding behavior of Jersey cows at the beginning of lactation and fed diets with different fat sources. Fat sources tested were tallow, calcium salts of palm oil and ground soybean, representing sources of mainly saturated, unsaturated-protected and unsaturated fats, respectively. Eight cows weighing 389±27 kg, with body condition score from 3 to 3.5 and yielding 21.8±3.5 L/day, were used. Animals were randomly allocated to treatments according to a replicated Latin square design, […]

The objective of the experiment was to study the carcass and meat quantitative characteristics of 157 Charolais steers, slaughtered at two years of age, classified in four groups according to the average daily weight gain (ADG) pre and post seven months: “high-high” = steers with ADG ³ .5 kg from birth to slaughter, “low-low” = steers with ADG < .5 kg from birth to slaughter, “high-low” = steers with ADG ³.5 kg before seven months, and ADG < .5 kg […]

The work was carried out to evaluate the partial replacement of soybean meal by urea and forage cactus on the performance of lactating dairy Holstein. Eight cows with 90 days in milk and 600 kg of initial average LW, were assigned in a two 4 X4 latin square design. The urea represented 0.0, 0.8, 1.54 and 2.40% of dry matter (DM) of the diets, correspondent to 2.32, 4.65, 6.66 and 8.02% of crude protein (CP) levels in the form of […]

Simple linear regressions to estimate empty body chemical composition of Santa Gertrudis young bulls were obtained, using the physical and chemical composition of the 9-10-11th ribs cut. Fifteen intact males, from nine to fifteen months of age and from 220 to 505 kg of liveweight, were kept confined. They were slaughtered after 18 hours without water and food, and six of them were slaughtered after adaptation period. The content of water, protein, lipid and ash were determined on the ribs […]

The objective of this work was to determine the chemical composition of irrigated Tanzaniagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq.). and to validate the Cornell system. Simulated-grazed samples were collected on three periods of the year (spring, summer and fall, totaling 10 grazing cycles) on irrigated paddocks, rotationally grazed to three post grazed stubbles (low, medium and high). Although there were no statistical differences imposed by the treatments during the year, the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) showed higher […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate (under field conditions), the performance of bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana) raised on commercial frog farms using the “Amphifarm” Systems, and, at the same time, to estimate daily food intake, in order to obtain a reference table for feeding the animals. The results found on the observation units (approximately 249 mil animals) showed the following indexes: mortality(%): range from 0.7 to 35.2, the average being 5.9; weight gain (g/day) varied from 0.03 to […]