This study was conducted using data from single crosses (partial diallel) of male lines, group I (LL, TL, ZL, TT, LT, ZT, ZZ, LZ, TL), female lines, group II (PP, KP, VP, KK, PK, VK, VV, PV, KV), besides two control lines (LLc and PPc). A completely randomized block design, with three replicales, 82 single crosses treatments with nine females for experimental unit was used in the analyses. The production traits analyzed, eleven total, were: fertility at 32nd, 38th, 42nd […]

Forty Nellore bulls, with 240 kg initial live weight (LW), were used. Four were reference bulls, four were fed for maintenance, and the remaining were allotted to eight treatments, with four different concentrate levels in the diets (20, 40, 60, and 80%) and two levels of crude protein (CP) (15 and 18%). The growing phase was evaluated up to 360 kg of LW and the fattening phase, up to 450 kg of LW. Cynodon dactylon (L) Pears. (cv Tyfton 85) […]

The effect of stocking density on the larviculture of Pimelodus maculatus post-larvae was evaluated. The experiment was conducted at the Sao Carlos hatchery (EPISCar), SC. Post-larvae were daily fed zooplankton at the rate of 300 organisms/post-larvae/day at the following densities: T1. 5 post-larvae/L; T2. 15 post-larvae/L; and T3. 30 post-larvae/L. Survival rates were evaluated on the third and fifth day of the experiment. After three days, density did not affect survival rates; however, on the fifth day survival rate was […]

Aiming to evaluate the effect of increasing levels of fat in the ration on performance, speed of food pass, consummates of ration and corporal fat, it were used 168 Nile tilapia fingerlings, reverted, with average weight of 1.24 ± 0,03g and average size of 4.10 ± 0.30 cm, allotted to 24 aquariums, of 50 L of useful volume, in a completely randomized design with six treatments and four replicates, where the aquarium with seven animals was considered experimental unit, for […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of metabolizable lysine (LM) and metabolizable energy (EM) on uni and multivariable of performance and carcasses of broilers, maintaining the ideal protein balance. Were used 2808 male chicks from a commercial line from 1 to 21 days and allotted to 104 pens. The treatments resulted from a factorial arrangement of three ME levels (3,000, 3,100 and 3,200 kcal/kg) and four LM levels (0.92, 1.02, 1.12 and 1.22%) plus another treatment on […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the kinetics parameters of nitrogen compounds degradation for 24 concentrate feedstuffs and 14 grasses, by means of an inhibitor in vitro method, using a Kjeldahl system. Ruminal fluid from steer fed diet with 60:40 forage to concentrate ratio was used. It was used a 800 mL of ruminal fluid, 2 g of NaHCO3 in 50 mL of distilled water, 3.2 g of pectin in 100 mL of McDougall, 0.234 mL of mercaptoethanol […]

The objective of this project was to evaluate the effects of different replacement levels of corn for cassava meal (0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%, dry matter basis) on the dry matter intake and feed:gain ratio, daily weight gain and levels of blood hematocrit, glucose and urea. Thirty five intact Holstein calves, averaging 80 days old and initial live weight of 80 kg, were allotted to a randomized block design and fed concentrate, ad libitum, to reach the intake of […]

The aims of this research were to estimate the influence of age of dam at calving (AC), and julian date of birth (JDB) on weaning weight (WW) and preweaning average daily gain (ADG) of gyr calves and adjustment factors for them. It was analyzed 10,685 and 18,339 records, on WW and ADG of Gyr calves, from the Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Zebu data set belonging to 1229 and 1979 contemporary groups (CG), respectively. AC, for males, was fitted as […]

The nutritive value of five sorghum hybrids (AG-2002, AG-2005E, AG-X202, AG-X213 and AG-X215) silages, cultivated under increasing fertilization levels (control, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 times of the recommended fertilization, corresponding to 0, 45.5, 91, and 182 kg/ha N; 0, 49, 98, and 196 kg/ha de P2O5; and 0, 14, 28, and 56 kg/ha de K2O, besides of 0, 42, 84, and 168 kg/ha S, respectively, that came from the used ammonia sulfate). A complete randomized block design in a factorial 5×4 arrangement (five hybrids […]

The objective of this experiment was to study different levels of energy supplementation on the carcass and meat qualitative characteristics of beef cull cows of different ages, under temporary grazing on cultivated pasture of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) plus triticale (X triticosecale). Fourty Charolais cows were divided into four age classes: four, five or six, seven or eight and nine or more years, and randomly alloted to four levels of supplementation (SL): 0, .3, .6 and .9% of live weight. The […]