Fifty crossbreed gilts (Landrace, Large White and Pietrain) with 136.34±16.05 and 220 days of average weight and age, respectively, were used to evaluate diets with different crude protein levels, at the gestation period. A complete randomized blocks design, with five treatments, ten replicates and one animal per experimental unit, was used. The treatments corresponded to the diets with 10.0, 11.5, 13.0, 14.5 and 16.0% of crude protein. The weight gains of the gilts at the 90 days of the gestation […]

Thirty two Canchim suckling calves, maintained on rotational grazing system of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, were divided in three groups corresponding to three evaluated treatments: control (without creep-feeding); SAL5 (addition of 5% of NaCl to concentrate fed in creep-feeding); and SAL10 (addition of 10% of NaCl to concentrate fed in creep-feeding). Feeding in a creep-feeding system lasted 90 days, divided in three subperiods of 30 days. The body weight gain was greater in the subperiods 1 and 2 for SAL10 […]

In order to evaluate the in situ degradability of the dry matter and crude protein of silages of six sorghum genotipes in different stages of maturation, four fistulated crossbred holstein-zebu steers, fed with grass hay ad libitum, were utilized. The silage samples were dried and milled at 5 mm screen and 5 g of each sample were placed in 12 x 18 cm naylon bags and 50 µm porous size, and were introduced through the fistulas. After different times of […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of growing steers, during the dry season, fed supplements with different protein sources. The treatments were constituted of: mineral mixture (control) (MM), and supplements including the protein sources soybean meal (SBM), cottonseed meal (CM), corn gluten meal, (CGM) and wheat bran (WB). The supplements were supplied ad libitum, by using urea end sodium chloride as intake controller, adjusted at the level that allow to intake 1 kg supplement/day. The average […]

The aim of this study was to determine the dietary protein requirement and associated energy to protein (E/P) ratio for “Piracanjuba”, Brycon orbignyanus, fingerlings. Casein-gelatin semipurified diets were formulated to contain six crude protein (CP) concentrations: 24, 26, 29, 32, 36 e 42% at one energy level, 3,000 kcal metabolizable energy (ME)/kg. These diets resulted in E/P ratios of 12.3, 11.6, 10.4, 9.2, 8.5 and 7.1 kcal ME/g CP, respectively. The protein, lipid and digestible carbohydrate sources were casein/gelatin, cod […]

Soybean meal (SBM), feather meal (FTM) and treated soybean meal (TSBM) with 0.17% of formaldehyde were used as supplement of sorghum silage to evaluate the effect on intake, performance and nutrient digestibilities with young bulls. Treatment of soybean meal with formaldehyde did not differ from soybean not treated, for all studied parameters. Feather meal supplement presented lower digestibility coefficients for DM, OM, CP, NDF and ADF (63.0, 65.5, 61.8, 56.4, and 50.9%, versus 65.1, 67.0, 66.8, 58.5, and 53.6% for […]

Thirty pregnant Canchim cows were maintained in a rotational grazing system of Marandu grass and received supplemental feed to body weight maintenance during the dry season. With the aim to evaluate the Agricultural and Food Research Council recommendations about supplying dietary substrate to ruminal microbial growth, the animals were allotted to a completely randomized design (3 treatments x 10 replications), according to the following treatments: control (without restriction of microbial requirements of degradable protein and fermentable energy); restriction of microbial […]

Seventy two piglets weaned at 21 days of age with live weight of 5.01 ± 0.90 kg were allotted to a randomized block design, replicated six times with four animals per experimental unit. The treatments were constituted of diets with the following protein sources: soybean meal, macerated full fat soybean and micronized soybean. The diets were fed from weaning to 42 days (initial-1 phase) and from 43 to 56 days of age (initial-2 phase). The residual effects of the treatments […]

The experiment was carried out with the objective of determining the daily average intake (DAI) and apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of corn, sorghum and sunflower silages nutrients. The nitrogen balance was also evaluated. Nine castrated, male sheeps, kept in metabolism cages, in a 3 x 3 (three treatments and three periods), latin square design, were used. DAI of dry matter (DM), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and crude protein (CP) of corn silage of sunflower silage did not differ. DAI of […]

Chemical determinations and kinetics studies of nitrogen compounds of 24 concentrate feedstuffs and 10 grasses were made using the concentrations of soluble nitrogen in TCA and gas production. It was used 200 mL of ruminal fluid and 800 mL of medium for 100 vessels. It was used 1.0 g of trypticase and 0.1 mL of microminerals solution to prepare 400 mL of medium. It was used 0.8 g of ammonium bicarbonate and 7 g of sodium bicarbonate to prepare 200 […]