ABSTRACT – The objective of this work was to evaluate the electroejaculation applicability for artificial insemination as well as the ejaculatory potential of each Macrobrachium rosenbergii adult male morphotype. Electrical stimuli were applied to 48 newly pond – reared individuals of freshwater prawn for a better comprehension of each one’s reproductive behavior: the blue claw males (bc), sexually active and dominant; the orange claw (OC), sexually inactive, and the small ones (SM), with opportunist behavior, succeeding to copulate only if […]

ABSTRACT – The objective of this work was to evaluate the lipase activity in the chime present in the intestines or in the rectum of three tropical freshwater Teleostei species with different feeding habits: piracanjuba, Brycon orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1849), piau, Leporinus friderici, omnivorous, and surubim (Pseudoplatystoma coruscans), preferably carnivorous, aiming to provide nutritional data for the adjustment of different artificial feeding systems. The lipase activity was thus determined by the use of BIOCLIN kit. The results showed average specific lipase […]

ABSTRACT – The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the replacement of the protein from soybean meal (SM) by protein from canola meal (CM) in diets for piavuçu fry (Leporinus macrocephalus). Two hundred and eighty-eight fry with initial 0.17±.03 g LW and length of 2.95±.19 cm were allotted to 24 aquarium, (50-L) with 12 fish in each one. A completely randomized design with six treatments (0, 20.0, 40.0, 60.0, 80.0, and 100.0%), which corresponded to 0.0, […]

ABSTRACT – With the objective to increase the germoplasm availability for forage production, 215 accessions of the genus Paspalum collected in different regions and introduced at the Embrapa Southeast – Cattle Research Center, located at the central region of the São Paulo state. These accessions were evaluated and selected based on their yields in the first year, of dry matter from the vegetative development throughout the year and during the period of high and low rain preciptation. The accesses were […]

ABSTRACT – A field experiment was conducted to determine the effect of acid soil correction, on the control of the sapé (Imperata brasiliensis), a grass type weed of pasture. A molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora) pasture in a red-yellow latosol, having a high proportion of “sapé” was used. Treatments consisted of five levels of dolomite limestone (0, 1, 2, 4 and 6 t/ha) incorporated by hand using a garden tool to the top 20 cm of soil following a mechanical tillage […]

ABSTRACT – This experiment was conducted in an elephant grass pasture from EMBRAPA/CNPGL to compare methods for estimating forage availability, as well as to evaluate the accuracy of three observers in the evaluations. The cutting, plant height, ground cover and height x ground cover methods, multiple regression analysis and the visual comparative yield were compared with the total productions in respective half of evaluated area. The visual comparative yield method always provided the highest coefficients of determination of estimating equations, […]

ABSTRACT – The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of a commercial bacterial inoculant containing Lactobacillus plantarum, Streptococcus faecium and Pediococcus acidactili on the quality and dry matter (DM) loss of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) during the ensilage process. The treatments were constituted of two types dual propose sorghum silage harvested at the dough stage: without (control) and with inoculant; three positions in each silo (front, middle and back regions) corresponding to three periods of collection […]

ABSTRACT – The degree of a simple linear correlation among the in vitro dry matter disappearance (IVDMD) and chemical composition of the leaf blades and sheath, and stems, sampled from the top and bottom tillers of dwarf elefantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schumach cv. Mott, setariagrass (Setaria anceps, Stapf ex Massey cv. Kazungula) and jaraguagrass (Hyparrhenia rufa, Nees Stapf), was evaluated. A gradient pattern was observed for IVDMD, crude protein (CP) and cell wall (NDF) along the tiller profiles and difference among […]

ABSTRACT – The tissue proportions, the degree of simple linear correlation of this characteristics with the in vitro dry matter disappearance (IVDMD) and their chemical composition were determined in transversal sections of the botanical fractions, leaf blades and sheath and stem sampled from the top and bottom tillers of dwarf elefantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schumach cv. Mott, setariagrass (Setaria anceps, Stapf ex Massey cv. Kazungula)) and jaraguagrass (Hyparrhenia rufa, Nees Stapf). The jaraguagrass, with high percentage of parenchyma bundle sheath (PBS) […]

ABSTRACT – This experiment was conducted to evaluate the total dry matter (DM) production, leaf/stem ratio, percentage of leaf and stem and nutritive value of the elephantgrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) cultivar Roxo under four cutting ages (40, 60, 80 and 100 days) from July of 1994 to December of 1995 in the wet land region of the Paraíba State. The cultivar was stablished in plots of 3,0 x 5,0 m and plant spacing of 0,70 x 0,80 m, using a […]