This work aimed to evaluate the effect of the sorghum growth stage on the silage chemical composition, intake milk production and fat compared with corn silage to dairy cows. The experiment was carried out at the “São Bento do Una” research Stattion, from IPA, located in “São Bento do Una”, Pernambuco, Brazil. Nine holstein lactating cows were distributed in three Latin squares design. The squares were formed according to milk yield and the lactating order and consisted of three cows […]

The behavior of lactation curve of 31 crossbred Saanen dairy goats and the effect of two strategies of supplementation with concentrate: 30% of requirements in net energy from third week until the end of lactation (ESC.1); or 60% of requirements in daily net energy from the 3rd to the 13th week and 15% from 14th until the end of lactation (ESC.2), in a pasture or semi-confined systems, were studied. The following models were evaluated: Wood linear and non-linear, Morant linear […]

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of five concentrate levels as dry matter basis (25.0, 37.5, 50.0, 62.5 and 75.0%) and two diet balance methods on the digestive tract, internal organs weight and gastrointestinal fill of 45 crossbred F1 Limousin x Nelore young bulls, averaging 14 months of age and initial live weight of 330 kg. One diet balance method was almost isoprotein with 12% of crude protein and the other was attempted to attend the metabolizable protein […]

The trial was carried out in a Tanzania grass (Panicum maximum) pasture, rotationally grazed by lactating cows, to estimate the dry matter intake. Three treatments were tested: crossbred cows fed 3 kg per day of concentrate and crossbred and Zebu cows (Gyr) without concentrate supplementation. The forage availability was 7,340.2 kg of dry matter (DM) /ha before and 5,639.5 after the 3rd grazing day. The Tanzania grass DM intake was 8.26 ± 5.66, 11.01 ± 5.37 and 9.55 ± 2.31 […]

The dry matter intake and daily weight gain prediction of cattle by Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) for Brazilian conditions were evaluated. Several published thesis from Departamento de Zootecnia da Universidade Federal de Viçosa were used as a data source for this work, which contain results referent to dry matter intake and daily weight gain of the animals. The available data were tested by CNCPS to compare the estimate and absorved dry matter intake and daily weight gain. […]

The objectives of the present study were to characterize and determine the parameters estimative of kinetics of carbohydrate degradation of alfalfa hay, elephant grass, tifton 85 hay, and corn silage, in different ratios of roughage:concetrate, using both in situ and in vitro technique. Five non pregnant non lactating goats, rumen cannulated, and averaging 58 kg were used during the experimental periods. A modified McDougall buffer was used for the in vitro assay to adjust pH to the values observed in […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the parameters of dry matter intake, weight gain, feed conversion and energy efficiency of feedlot steers, fed with four diets that included silage of hybrids of sorghum with different agricultural behavior: AGX-213 and AG-2002 (forage), AGX-217 and AG-2005E (double purpose). Forty-eight steers with an average age of 19 months and average live weight of 316 kg, were used. The roughage:concentrate ratio was 63:37, for all the diets tested. No significant interaction was observed between […]

The experiment aimed to study the effects of three levels (5; 10; and 15%) of L-Glutamic Acid (L-Glu) and four levels of vitamin D3 (VD) on the chemical composition of bones of broiler chicks, Hubbard. The purified diets used contained all essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals at adequate levels and were supplemented with of L-Glu and with 0, 5,000, 10,000 and 15,000 IU of vitamin D3. The experimental design was a factorial 3 x 4 with four replicates with […]

A trial was carried out to determine the lysine requirements for barrows during growing phase from two genetic pig groups according to the ideal protein concept. Sixteen animals from genetic common group (GCG) were used and other sixteen ones, from the genetic improved group (GIG) were allotted in a randomized block design with four treatments two replicates and two pigs per pen. The treatments constituted of the basal diet, based on corn-soybean meal containing 0.75% of lysine and other three […]

Eighty broiler chicks, Naked neck (Na/na) and Hubbard-Pettersen strains, were exposed to acute heat stress (36-37°C), from 2 to 5 days of age, and body weight and cloacal temperature were measured in the beginning and at the end of the heat stress period (5 h). Birds were sacrificed at the end and liver and brain samples were collected and analyzed using Western Blotting and Northern Blotting to quantify Hsp70 levels and mRNA Hsp70 transcript, respectively. The brain tissue had higher […]