One experiment was conducted to evaluate different amino acid (AA) and calcium (Ca) levels for broilers from 22 to 42 days of age. Evaluated the performance, carcass yield and calcium excretion. Five forty hundred birds, Male broilers Cobb, were randomly assigned to 6 treatments in a 3×2 factorial arrangement, considering the factors AA (100, 125 and 150% NRC, 1994) and Ca (75 and 100% NRC, 1994), in three replications of 30 birds each. The studied AA were methionine, methionine+cystine, lysine […]

Overseeding temperate legumes is one of the most practices to increase the quantity, quality and sustainability of perennial pastures in Southern Brazil. During the years of 2000 and 2001 the response of six temperate legumes (Adesmia latifolia (wild), Lotus corniculatus, L. subbiflorus, L. uliginosus and Trifolium repens cv. Yi and cv. Regal) was evaluated in mixture with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). There was a period of 475 days between sowing date and the last cut and six cuts were made; […]

An experiment was performed to evaluate the chemical composition values and Apparent Metabolizable Energy corrected for nitrogen excretion (AMEn) of wheat grain harvested at different maturity stage (13, 16, 20 and 30% of humidity levels) and drying temperatures (40, 70 and 100 ºC). The grain with 13% of humidity level was considered dried at harvest and was not submitted to drying. The level of 16% of grain humidity at harvesting and the drying temperature of 40 ºC provided the highest […]

The results of using lactic acid bacteria in ensiling has been conflicting. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of microbially inoculated corn plant for silage production on total digestibility in wethers. Eight wethers were assigned to a cross-over design, with two periods (8 animals/treatment) and treatments were: control corn silage (28.6% DM and 9.6% CP, on average) or under inoculation with Pioneer 1174 product (Streptococcus faecium and Lactobacillus plantarum). Each period extended for twenty-one days, the last five […]

Thirty two Santa Gertrudis bulls with ten months of age and 245 kg average live weight were fed 88% concentrate diets with corn silage or sugarcane bagasse and dry corn or high moisture corn. Four animals were slaughtered in the beginning of the experiment for initial body composition determination. Other 28 animals were distributed on four treatments. The experimental design was randomized blocks in 2 X 2 factorial (two roughage X two corn sources) with seven replicates. Regression equation of […]

The experiment was conducted with the objective to study carcass and meat characteristics of Braford (5/8 Hereford + 3/8 Nellore) males, weaned at two ages, 72 (T72) or 210 (T210) days. Thirty-six non castrated males were feedlot finished and slaughtered with fourteen months of age. No significant difference was observed for muscle, fat and bone percentages, being the means across the two treatments of 63.29; 21.97; and 15.03%, respectively. The T72 males showed higher muscle/bone ratio than the T210 (4.49 […]

The effects of the stage of lactation upon the ingestive behavior nycterohemeral patterns were evaluated with eight dairy cows eating a corn silage based diet. Spectral analysis was performed through application of the finite Fourier transformation upon hourly duration of eating or ruminating time series. Variance analysis and inspection of phase diagrams and periodograms were done upon modified data. The mean meal duration and dry matter intake were larger while the unitary ruminating time was inferior at the beginning than […]

A mixture sunflower and elephant grass has been used for ensiling. Elephant grass was harvested manually 70 days after a plot leveling a height of 10cm from soil surface. For silage making, the sunflower hybrids M-742 and M-92007 were utilized. The mixtures of sunflower and elephantgrass were done at the following ratios of green matter 100 and 0%; 75 and 25%; 50 and 50%; 25% and 75%;0 and 100%, of grass and sunflower, respectively. Plants were chopped mechanically in particles […]

Aiming to evaluate the effects of including millet (Pennisetum americanum) in diets for piavuçu, Leporinus macrocephalus, were utilized 240 fingerlings with initial weight of 1.38±0.03g, distributed in randomized blocks with six treatments (0.00; 6.00; 12.00; 18.00; 24.00 and 30.00% of millet in diets) and five replicates, in 30 net ponds (120L) installed in five cement abestos tanks (1,000L), with eight animals in each net ponds. There was no effect of millet inclusion on the final weight, weight gain, apparent alimentary […]

It was evaluated the effect of four levels forage cactus in replacement of sorghum silage, in diets of lactating Holstein cows, on the apparent digestibility of dry matter (ADDM), organic matter (ADOM), crude protein (ADCP), ether extract (ADEE), neutral detergent fiber (ADNDF) and acid (ADADF), total carbohydrates (ADTCH) and nonfiber carbohydrates (ADNFC), content of total digestible nutrients (TDN) and apparent absorption of calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and sodium (Na). Eight Holstein cows averaging 590 kg and producing 27 […]