The present experiment was carried out to determine the different stages during ontogenesis of greater sensitivity to hormonal treatments of sex reversal of Nile tilapia larvae (Oreochromis niloticus) with 17 a-metiltestosterone (MT) by bath immersion in 2.0 mg of MT.L-1 for 36-h period. In the hormonal treatment, 3,000 Nile tilapia were allotted to 15 2 L- plastic containers (experimental units) as a complete randomized design, with five treatments and three replicates. The treatments consisted of the fish immersion at different […]

The oats (Avena strigosa Schreb.) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) sodseeding in pasture of coastcross (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) was compared to oats and ryegrass in extreme tillage, as establishment methods of winter pastures under rotational stocking with lactating Holstein dairy cows. The total DM production (DMP), pre-grazed herbage mass, residue (RES), forage losses (FL), daily DM accumulation rate (DAR), stocking rate (SR), forage on offer (FO) and leaf blade biomass (LBB) were evaluated. For botanical composition, oats, ryegrass and […]

This study aimed to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for foaling interval (FI), age at first foaling (AFF), generation interval (GI), reproductive life (RL) and foaling date distribution in equines of four genetic groups: Brazilian Showjumper (BS), Thoroughbred (Th), Hanoverian (HAN) and No Defined Breed (NDB). Data collected from 1977 to 2002 was provided by a Brazilian Army herd. Models used for analyses included the fixed effects of month and year of foaling and measuring, age of dam, foal sex […]

This study aimed to estimate genetic and phenotypic parameters for weight and height (4860 records) of equines from four genetic groups: Brazilian Showjumper (BH), Thoroughbred (PSI), Hanoverian (HAN) and No Defined Breed (SRD). Data collected from 1977 to 2002 on 1629 animals was provided by the Brazilian Army. Models used for analyses included the fixed effects of month and year of foaling and measuring, age of dam, foal sex and genetic group. Foaling month did not affect height or weight […]

The objectives of this study were to determine the efficiency of the libido test in corral compared to the test performed at field and to relate them to the gestation rate observed in a breeding season of 120 days. Thirteen Nelore bulls able to reproduce were submitted to the libido test in corral for 3 hours and evaluated by scores every five minutes. Nine of them were submitted to evaluation at field using a bull:cow proportion equal to 1:33. The […]

This study aimed to: a) to compare the covariance components obtained by Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) and by bayesian inference (BI); b) to run genetic evaluations for weights of Canchim cattle measured at weaning (W240) and at eighteen months of age (W550), adjusted or not to 240 and 550 days of age, respectively, using the mixed model methodology with covariance components obtained by REML or by BI; and c) to compare selection decisions from genetic evaluations using observed or adjusted […]

Forty barrows with high genetic potential for lean gain in the carcass averaging initial and final body weights of 60.43 ± 1.56 kg and 96.66 ± 3.22 kg, respectively, were used to evaluate the effect of dietary digestible lysine levels based on the ideal protein concept, on performance and carcasss characteristics. The animals were assigned to a randomized blocks design, with four treatments, five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of a basal diet formulated to […]

The effect of increasing dietary digestible lysine levels, based on the ideal protein concept, on performance and carcass characteristics of forty barrows with high genetic potential for lean gain averaging initial and final body weights of 30.02 ± 1.38 kg and 60.44 ± 1.81 kg, respectively, was evaluated in this experiment. The animals were assigned to a randomized blocks design, with four treatments, five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of a basal diet (18.08% of […]

An experiment was conducted to determine nutritional calcium requirement of 360 Japanese female quails averaging initial weight of 121.5 g during the initial production phase (from 56 to 171 days of age). A complete randomized design with a 6 x 4 factorial arrangement (six Ca levels: 1.6, 2.0, 2.4, 2.8, 3.2, and 3.6% and four experimental periods of 28 days each) was used. Each treatment consisted of six replicates and a cage with ten birds, that was the experimental unit. […]

The effect of dietary ME levels on performance and egg quality of quails was evaluated in this experiment. Two hundred and fifty laying Japanese female quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica), with 56 days of age, were assigned to a complete randomized design, with five treatments (2,650, 2,750, 2,850, 2,950, and 3,050 kcal of ME/kg), five replications and ten birds per experimental unit. The corn, soybean meal-based diets were formulated to contain 20% of CP, 2.5% of Ca, 1.17% of lysine and […]