The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The apparent digestibility and the intakes of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) were estimated to evaluate the effects of replacement by corn by forage cactus meal (0, 33, 66 and 100%) in growing lambs diets. It was also aimed to compare the internal markers, indigestible neutral detergent (NFDi) and acid detergent fiber (ADFi) with total feces collection to estimate the apparent digestibility of nutrients. A 4 x 4 latin square experimental design with four lambs, four periods and four levels of replacement of corn by forage cactus meal, was used. The replacement of corn by forage cactus meal did not affect the intakes of DM, OM, CP and NDF. TDN intake decreased linearly. The apparent digestibility of DM and OM decreased linearly, but no effect was observed for CP and NDF digestibilities. There was no difference between NDFi and total feces collection in the estimate of nutrients digestibility.
Replacement of corn by forage cactus meal in growing lambs diets: intake and digestibility
Véras,Robson Magno Liberal and Ferreira,Marcelo de Andrade and Véras,Antonia Sherlânea Chaves and Carvalho,Francisco Fernando Ramos de and Cavalcanti,Carmen Valéria de Araújo and Santos,Gladston Rafael Arruda and Mendonça,Sandro de Souza and Soares,Carla Aparecida and Sampaio,Cláudia Batista. Replacement of corn by forage cactus meal in growing lambs diets: intake and digestibility. R. Bras. Zootec. [online]. 2005, vol.34, 1, [cited 2026-04-23], pp.351-356. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/replacement-of-corn-by-forage-cactus-meal-in-growing-lambs-diets-intake-and-digestibility/>. ISSN 1516-3598. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982005000100040.
Véras,Robson Magno Liberal; Ferreira,Marcelo de Andrade; Véras,Antonia Sherlânea Chaves; Carvalho,Francisco Fernando Ramos de; Cavalcanti,Carmen Valéria de Araújo; Santos,Gladston Rafael Arruda; Mendonça,Sandro de Souza; Soares,Carla Aparecida; Sampaio,Cláudia Batista. Replacement of corn by forage cactus meal in growing lambs diets: intake and digestibility. R. Bras. Zootec., v.34, 1, p. 351-356. Feb. 2005. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/replacement-of-corn-by-forage-cactus-meal-in-growing-lambs-diets-intake-and-digestibility/>. acess on 23 Apr. 2026. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982005000100040.
Véras,Robson Magno Liberal, & Ferreira,Marcelo de Andrade, & Véras,Antonia Sherlânea Chaves, & Carvalho,Francisco Fernando Ramos de, & Cavalcanti,Carmen Valéria de Araújo, & Santos,Gladston Rafael Arruda, & Mendonça,Sandro de Souza, & Soares,Carla Aparecida, & Sampaio,Cláudia Batista. (2005). Replacement of corn by forage cactus meal in growing lambs diets: intake and digestibility. R. Bras. Zootec., 34(1) , 351-356. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982005000100040.
VérasRobson Magno Liberal, FerreiraMarcelo de Andrade, VérasAntonia Sherlânea Chaves, CarvalhoFrancisco Fernando Ramos de, CavalcantiCarmen Valéria de Araújo, SantosGladston Rafael Arruda, MendonçaSandro de Souza, SoaresCarla Aparecida, SampaioCláudia Batista. Replacement of corn by forage cactus meal in growing lambs diets: intake and digestibility. R. Bras. Zootec. [Internet]. 2005 Feb [cited 2026 Apr 23]; 34(1): 351-356. Available from: https://rbz.org.br/article/replacement-of-corn-by-forage-cactus-meal-in-growing-lambs-diets-intake-and-digestibility/. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982005000100040.
Figure 6
Differential abundance for the species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (A) and Megamonas funiformis (B).
