Records from 17,796 Angus x Nellore cattle out of 50 Associated Herds from the “Program Nature”, in the states of Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo and Tocantins were analyzed in order to estimate the effects of maternal and individual heterosis on the weight gain from birth to weaning. The used statistical model included the fixed effects of a general mean and contemporary groups, maternal and individual heterozygosity (covariables), random […]

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of two levels of concentrate and lipids in the diets on the testosterone serum concentration of Zebu bulls, as well as the daily-nightly recurrent behavior of the referred hormone. Sixteen Zebu bulls were allotted to four treatments during 90 days of experimental period: T1 (high concentrate and high lipid), T2 (high concentrate and low lipid), T3 (low concentrate and high lipid), and T4 (low concentrate and low lipid). The diets […]

The objective of the present study was to determinate the nitrogenous compounds fractions present in the extrusa of grazing cattle maintained in a natural grassland in the Zona da Mata region, MG. The samples were obtained by using four esophageal fistulated steers in two experimental periods during the rainy season of 1996, and three of these animals were used to take samples in two experimental periods during the dry season of the same year. In order to obtain the nitrogen […]

The digestibilities of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), gross energy (GE) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) were determined by using four internal markers (acid detergent fiber – ADF and lignin and acid insoluble ash – AIA). The three first markers were submitted to in vitro disappearance for three and six days and the results were compared with data determined by total feces collection. The nutrient digestibility estimated by NDF, ADF and lignin […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the ruminal pH and ammonia concentration (N-NH3) in rumen liquor collected at 3, 6 and 12 hours after feeding using four ruminal fistulated European x Zebu steers. The forage leaves: stems ratio and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber in situ ruminal degradability of the leaflets from three tropical legumes (leucaena, Leucaena leucocephala; pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan; and glycine, Neonotonia wightii) and leaves from two others tropical forages (ramie, Boehmeria nivea and […]

Fifty-one postpartum Nellore cows were used to study the effect of the utilization of protein concentrate, during the summer time, on the forage intake, weight gain and body condition score changes after parturition of Nellore cows. The animals were randomly allotted in the following treatments: T0 – without supplementation; T1 – supplemented with 1 kg and T2 – supplemented with 2 kg of concentrate with 40.8% of crude protein, during 105 days. During this period, body score and body weight […]

A 100-d experiment was carried out with 288 fingerlings of pacu, allotted to 36 cement mansory box with 100 liters volume, with eight fishes per each unit, to evaluate the replacement of fish flour by soybean meal and the protein levels in the diets. During the experimental period, the average temperature of the water was 28ºC and other limnology parameters (dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity and conductivity) remained within the adequate levels for the development of this specie. The experimental design […]

Fifteen Nellore steers were allotted to three treatments, consisting of a basal diet, which will be able to provide gains of about 600 g/day, supplemented (15 or 11 g P/day) or not (5 g P/day) with monoammonium phosphate in order to evaluate the alterations in bone, plasma and fecal measurements due to P deficiency. Rib biopsies were taken at 60 and 250 days of trial, plasma samples were taken every 15 days, and fecal grab samples were analyzed in seven […]

The objective of this experiment was to study the influence of six haying and four storage periods on the chemical composition and mold growth of alfafa hay. A 6×4 factorial arrangement was used in a completely randomized design, with five replicates for chemical analyses and four replicates for mold determinations. The haying methods were: T1- (shade, S) shade-drying; the forage was carried to a barn immediately after cutting and spreaded (S); T2 and T3: the material was sun-dried until a […]

The objectives of the present work were to characterizate and determinate the parameters estimates related to the ruminal degradation kinetics of the carbohydrates in extrusa samples from animals maintained in a natural pasture of the Zona da Mata (MG) region, during the rainy and dry seasons of the year. To obtain representative samples, four esophageal fistulated steers were used in two experimental periods during the rainy season, and three of these animals were used in two experimental periods during the […]