The objective of this experiment was to study the effects of environmental temperature and feeding restriction programs on performance, carcass and noble cuttings yields and fat, water and protein contents of the carcass, and also the liver glycogen content of broiler chickens under different environmental conditions. A completely randomized block experimental design, in a 5 x 2 (feeding program versus sex) factorial arrangement with two replicates within each environmental and 14 birds per experimental plot, was used. At 42 days […]

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate, during the growth phase, the dry matter intake, weight gain and feed to gain conversion of young bulls and steers, castrated at eight month, from two breeding systems, straightbred (Charolais – C and Nellore – N) and crossbred (1/2 CN, 1/2 NC), as well as to measure the resulting heterosis. The animals were confined from nine to twelve months and fed a 15% crude protein diet and a 70:30 forage to concentrate […]

A field trial was carried out to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N) levels (0, 60, 120 e 180 kg/ha) and sowing methods (broadcast and .40, .80, and 1.20 m between rows) on dry matter yield (DMY), tiller densities and crude protein content, and minerals (P, K, Ca and Mg) of the material of post harvesting of the millet seed. A completely randomized block experimental design with the treatment in a split plot arrangement was used, with the sowing methods […]

The objective of this experiment was to estimate the dietary phosphorus requirement (P) for maintenance of kid goats in the growth phase by the endogenous loss method and comparative slaughter technique. Twenty-one males, average 18 kg LW, were used. From those, three were slaughtered at the beginning of the experiment, as reference, and the remaining 18 animals were fed isocaloric and isoproteic diets in a completely randomized design with 3×2 factorial arrangement (level of dietary P [0.12, 0.21 and 0.29% […]

In the present work, 180 Nellore females from eight herds were analyzed for TEXAN15, BM1224 and CSFM50 microsatellites and for the restriction fragments polymorphism (RFLP) at the locos k-casein, b-lactoglobulin and growth hormone (GH). Excepted for GH, all markers were polymorphic in the studied sample. The values of heterozigozity, gene diversity, polymorphic information content (PIC) and paternity exclusion probability (PE) were estimated. The highest PIC (0.685) and PE (0.521) values were obtained for microsatellite BM1224.

Two thousand and four hundred broiler chicks were assigned to a completely randomized design in a 2 x 2 x 2 (sex, with and without probiotic, with and without antibiotic) factorial arrangement, totalizing eight treatments and six replicates with 50 birds in each one. Independently of supplementation fed, the males were always heavier than the females. However, the analyses performance showed higher body weight and weight gain for males fed antibiotic when compared to the non supplemented. The use of […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of metabolizable energy (ME) levels on performance, carcass quality and physiological traits of broilers from 22 to 42 days of age maintained under thermoneutral environment (23.2±0.74oC). Two hundred and forty Hubbard male broilers with average weight of 753±3.03 g were used in a completely randomized design with five treatments (3000, 3075, 3150, 3225 and 3300 kcal metabolizable energy/kg diet), six replicates and eight birds per experimental unit. The experimental isoproteic diets were […]

The performance of two broiler breeder lines, developed by Federal University of Viçosa – UFV (M1 and F1) was tested against two mainly trade mark lines (C1 and C2), using methods of multivariate analysis for the evaluation of the genetic divergence. Four important economic traits were evaluated: age at sexual maturity (IMS), egg number (NO), average egg weight (PO) and body weight (PM), during three periods of the productive life of the birds: initial (25th to 32nd week of age), […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the viability of using partial records of milk yield instead of the production accumulated at 305 days of lactation to obtain the predicted breeding values (BV). Sires and cows ranked by BV using accumulated milk yield records at 90(T90), 150(T150) and 210(T210) days of lactation were compared with BV estimated by using production up to 305 days (T305). An animal model was used to estimate the animals BV including herd-year, season and […]

Two experiments were carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of total lysine for Hubbard and Ross broiler chickens of both sexes, from 1 to 21 and from 22 to 40 days of age. The evaluated traits were weight gain, feed intake, feed:gain, carcass yield, breast with bone yield, breast meat yield and fat pad. In each phase, a completely randomized block experimental design in a 2 x 2 x 6 factorial arrangement was used, with two sexes, two trade […]