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 objective of this study was to evaluate the biometric and morphometric measures, regional composition, carcass characteristics and non-carcass components of Santa Inês lambs submitted to levels of corn replaced by cactus pear in the diet. It was used 45 Santa Ines non-castrated male lambs, with average initial live weight of 25.50 ± 0.48 kg as a completely randomized block design with five treatments (0; 25; 50; 70 and 100%) and nine replicates. There was an effect of the diet on slaughter weight, empty body weight, hot and cold carcass, cold carcass weight, shoulder weight and loin weight. Cactus pear can replace up to 75% of corn in diets for feedlot Santa Inês lambs, without compromising production, carcass characteristics and production of non-carcass components.
Use of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) replacing corn on carcass characteristics and non-carcass components in Santa Inês lambs
Pinto,Tiago Ferreira and Costa,Roberto Germano and Medeiros,Ariosvaldo Nunes de and Medeiros,Geovergue Rodrigues de and Azevedo,Paulo Sergio de and Oliveira,Ronaldo Lopes and Treviño,Israel Hernandez. Use of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) replacing corn on carcass characteristics and non-carcass components in Santa Inês lambs. R. Bras. Zootec. [online]. 2011, vol.40, 6, [cited 2026-04-24], pp.1333-1338. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/use-of-cactus-pear-opuntia-ficus-indica-mill-replacing-corn-on-carcass-characteristics-and-non-carcass-components-in-santa-ines-lambs/>. ISSN 1516-3598. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982011000600023.
Pinto,Tiago Ferreira; Costa,Roberto Germano; Medeiros,Ariosvaldo Nunes de; Medeiros,Geovergue Rodrigues de; Azevedo,Paulo Sergio de; Oliveira,Ronaldo Lopes; Treviño,Israel Hernandez. Use of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) replacing corn on carcass characteristics and non-carcass components in Santa Inês lambs. R. Bras. Zootec., v.40, 6, p. 1333-1338. Jun. 2011. Available from: <https://rbz.org.br/article/use-of-cactus-pear-opuntia-ficus-indica-mill-replacing-corn-on-carcass-characteristics-and-non-carcass-components-in-santa-ines-lambs/>. acess on 24 Apr. 2026. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982011000600023.
Pinto,Tiago Ferreira, & Costa,Roberto Germano, & Medeiros,Ariosvaldo Nunes de, & Medeiros,Geovergue Rodrigues de, & Azevedo,Paulo Sergio de, & Oliveira,Ronaldo Lopes, & Treviño,Israel Hernandez. (2011). Use of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) replacing corn on carcass characteristics and non-carcass components in Santa Inês lambs. R. Bras. Zootec., 40(6) , 1333-1338. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982011000600023.
PintoTiago Ferreira, CostaRoberto Germano, MedeirosAriosvaldo Nunes de, MedeirosGeovergue Rodrigues de, AzevedoPaulo Sergio de, OliveiraRonaldo Lopes, TreviñoIsrael Hernandez. Use of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus indica Mill) replacing corn on carcass characteristics and non-carcass components in Santa Inês lambs. R. Bras. Zootec. [Internet]. 2011 Jun [cited 2026 Apr 24]; 40(6): 1333-1338. Available from: https://rbz.org.br/article/use-of-cactus-pear-opuntia-ficus-indica-mill-replacing-corn-on-carcass-characteristics-and-non-carcass-components-in-santa-ines-lambs/. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982011000600023.
Figure 6
Differential abundance for the species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (A) and Megamonas funiformis (B).
