The horses of the Brazilian army are used for expositions, and frequently subjected to intense exercise. This, together with environmental conditions of the Central west savanna result in the need for acclimatization. The objective of this study was to determine what is the effect of thermal and exercise stress on four groups of stabled horses in the savanna region. 40 Adult horses (4 to 13 years of age) from the 1st Mounted Guard Regiment (10 of each breed Thoroughbred ¾ […]

Data from 6,842 lactations of 3,274 Brown Swiss cows, daughters of 71 sires, from 100 herds, calving from 1980 to 1999 were used to evaluate the effects of heterogeneity of variance on genetic evaluation of bulls. The milk and fat yields adjusted for 305 days of lactation and mature equivalent age were used to classify the herds among high and low production level. An animal model used to estimate variance component, included the fixed effect of herds, age-season of calving […]

In 960 Nellore purebred bulls, of 11.4 to 135 months of age, belonging to farms located in the São Paulo, Goiás and Para states, was studied the possible association among the size of the scrotal circumference (CE) and sperm quality parameters, progressive motility (MOT) and sperm pathologies: the major (DEFMAI), minor (DEFMIN) and total (DEFTOT) defects. The bulls were divided by age in groups: minor than 18, from 18 to 24, from 24 to 30, from 30 to 36 and […]

The objective of this paper was evaluate ammonia concentration, pH of ruminal liquid and microbial synthesis efficiency in diets with different energetic sources: corn (CO), corn/cassava hulls (CC), cassava root (CR) and cassava by-product flour (CB). Four Holstein steers (270 kg) were used, in a 4 X 4 Latin Square design. The marker utilized for determination of duodenal and fecal flow was the acid insoluble ash. There was not effect in the ruminal pH of the experimental diets, however smaller […]

The performance, during the summer of beef steers grazing elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.), alexandergrass (Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) was evaluated. The grazing period for the elephantgrass occurred from 12/04/93 until 04/26/94, and for the other grasses occurred from 01/04/94 until 04/12/94. The total period of grazing was of 143 days for the elephantgrass and of 98 days for the other pastures. The continuous grazing system with variable stocking rate […]

The objective of this study was to evaluated a crude protein requirement equation elaborated for broiler breeders. The experiment was conducted with 600 31-weeks old Hubbard HI-Y broiler breeders in a completely randomized experiment with three treatments and five replications. The treatments were: T1- Crude protein supply according to lineage recommendation manual (control), T2 ¾ Crude protein supply according to a prediction equation adjusted in function of the performance data of the standard treatment, and T3 ¾ Crude protein supply […]

Four ruminally fistulated Holstein, distributed in randomized blocks and fed with coastcross grass, were used. They were supplemented with 2 kg of concentrate containing ground soybean, put through the rumen fistula daily, at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nylon bags were incubated into the rumen of each animal, and contained samples of each of the following feed: ground soybean (S); low fat ground soybean (LFS); ground low trypsin inhibitor soybean (LTIS); ground low fat and low trypsin inhibitor soybean (LFLTIS); […]

Hematocrit is an indirect method used to monitor ascites, which might be used also on body weight and reproductive traits evalution in broiler chickens. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the micro-hematocrit technique on body weight and reproductive traits (fertility, hatchability of fertile eggs and overall hatchability) possibiliting its aplication by poultry genetic breeding programs. Two contrasting groups were established based on phenotypic selection from 630 males and females of 18 genotypes to hematocrit characteristic. This work used […]

The objective of this work was to study the effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST) utilization on milk production from Murrah buffaloes. Twenty eight multiparous Murrah buffaloes were used and divided into two homogeneous groups of 14 animals, receiving the following treatments: Group 1 ¾ Control (salt solution) and Group 2 ¾ 500 mg of bST/head every 14 days during 7 months. Buffaloes treated with bST presented increase of 48.52%, 32.80% and 32.80% on total milk yield, adjusted to 4% […]

The experiment was conducted with the objective to evaluate the performance of feedlot finished calves, fed with silages of AG-5011 corn hybrid harvested with different cutting height: low cut (20 cm) and high cut (42 cm). Twelve Braford calves with an average age of seven months and average live weight of 209 kg, were used. The feedlot period was 126 days, divided in two periods of the 63 days. The roughage:concentrate ratio was 60:40 and 50:50 for the first and […]