This work was carried out to compile data of two experiments (I and II) of energy and protein requirements, to enlarge the available information on nutritional requirements of bovine in national level. In the experiment I, 30 Nellore bulls were used and in the experiment II, 29 F1 Simental x Nellore bulls were used. In the both experiments, the animals were fed diets with 25, 37.5, 50, 62.5, and 75% of concentrate. The methodologies and the procedures were standardized and […]

Thirty Nellore bulls, averaging 330 kg and 20 months of age, were used to obtain the prediction equations of body chemical composition, from the chemical composition of section HH (Hankins and Howe). After a period of adaptation of 40 days, five animals were slaughtered as reference to estimate the empty body weight and the initial body composition of the 25 animals remaining, that were allotted to five treatments with different dietary levels of concentrate in the dry matter (25.0, 37.5, […]

Adesmia latifolia is a forage legume native from Southern Brazil which is outstanding due to stoloniferous growth habit and for forage production during the cool season. The Lotus corniculatus (birdsfoot trefoil) is a forage usually utilized as cool season species in subtropical and temperate regions. For both species, however, there is a reduced number of scientific works related to the nodule type and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). This work had the purpose to analyze such processes in these species and […]

This work consisted in testing the efficiency of a masculinizing hormone (17b-hydroxy-17-methyl-androxy-4-en-3-one) in the sex reversal of bullfrog tadpoles. Three hundred and fifty two tadpoles with two or three months old, from the stages 30 to 36, were used to test four levels of hormone in the ration (0, 30, 60 and 90 mg/g), for 45 days. After metamorphosis, 167 juveniles were sacrificed and 185 were reared until the fourth month of age and sacrificed thereafter. Macroscopic analysis of the […]

Chemical composition and the in vitro dry matter digestibility were evaluated in blades and stems at two stages of development and two insertion levels on tillers of signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens), molassesgrass (Melinis minutiflora) and tifton 85 bermudagrass (Cynodon sp), in two seasons of the year (summer and autumn). Lower and upper leaf blades were sampled from the tillers, on the day of ligule exposure and 20 days thereafter, and stems segments located below of the upper leaf blade. The crude […]

The trial was carried out from August/1997 to April/1998, aiming to evaluate Coastcross-1 (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers) grazed pasture, at four levels of dry matter residue (DMR: 1978; 2130; 2545; 3857 kg of DM/ha) under continuous stocking grazing with variable stocking rate in relation to dry matter production (DMP), pasture growing rate (GR), net accumulation rate of DM (LADM), plants height (PH), uncovered soil percentage (NS), participation of botanical components in percentage of dead material (DDM) and green leaves (GL), […]

The dry matter (DMD), organic matter (OMD) and gross energy digestibility (GED) and the total digestible nutrient (TDN) of the total ration were evaluated. The ration was composed by 44.3% of Brachiaria hay, 55% of concentrate and 0.7% of mineral mixture, supplied to different genetic groups (Gyr, Nellore, Guzerat, Santa Gertrudis and Caracu), using total collection of feces and the internal marker (lignin in acid detergent – ADL) as the digestibility techniques. The data were analyzed in a completely randomized […]

The research was conducted at the EMBRAPA – National Center for Goat Research, in Sobral, Ceara, Brazil, to evaluate the effects of cutting of the above ground parts in relation at regrowth height of marmeleiro on its survival, persistence, regrowth vigor and subsequent production of herbaceous understory phytomass. The plants were cut at 10.0 cm above ground, when the regrowth reached four different heights (25, 50, 75 and 100 cm). The cutting treatments were applied on plots of 5 m […]

The experiment was carried out, during 100 days, to study different crude protein sources and levels of diets for pacu fingerlings. Two hundred and fifty two pacu fingerlings were assigned to 36 aquariums, containing seven fishes, with 150 liters of water. During the experimental period, the average temperature of the water was 28oC and other limnology parameters (dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity and conductivity) remainded within the levels adopted for the good development of this specie. The experimental design consisted of […]

Lambs performance fed on creep feeding and fedlot were evaluated at two experiments. In the first experiment, thirty two 3/4 Suffolk lambs were fed on creep feeding, weaned at 56 days of age and, after, were confined. Lambs were fed four different treatments: 1. without supplemmentation; 2. supplemmentation with ground corn and soybean meal; 3. ground corn, soybean meal and 15% alfalfa hay; 4. ground corn, soybean meal and 30% alfalfa hay. After weaning, lambs that received concentrate supplemmentation were […]