This study aimed to estimate genetic parameters and to select genotypes of forage peanut with greater ground cover and aerial biomass production during establishment period in the environmental conditions of Acre. The experiment was planted in December/2005, in a randomized block with four repetitions. Twenty one genotypes of forage peanut were evaluated, including three cultivars: Amarillo, Alqueire 1, and Belmonte. Genotype selection was based on ground cover and dry matter production. The ground cover evaluations took place between January and […]

Aiming to assess the steer grazing behavior, an experiment was carried out with pastures composed by italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and black oat (Avena Strigosa Schreb) submitted to different sward heights (10, 20, 30, and 40 cm). The sward heights were distributed in an experimental randomized block design with three replicates. Data was recorded by visual assessment, from sunrise until sundown, in three evaluation dates, two in the vegetative stage and one in the reproductive stage. The evaluated variables […]

The relationship between the pasture structure, environmental variables and the ingestive behavior of crossbred Ile de France-Texel lambs on a mixed winter pasture of oats (Avena strigosa Schreb.), Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), and red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) under four grazing intensities (‘very high’, ‘high’, ‘average’, and ‘low’) was evaluated. Intermittent grazing was used, considering the thermal sum of 300 degree-days to determine the grazing interval. The evaluations of ingestive behavior were made by visual observation, in four continuous […]

The objective of this study was to determine carbohydrates and nitrogen compounds fractions of genotypes of elephant grass in a single cut at 56 days of regrowth, in the spring season. Twelve elephant grass genotypes were evaluated in a in randomized block design with three replications, in which the experimental plot consisted of four lines with 3 m length, spaced 1 m and fertilized with 100 kg of P2O5, 100 kg of N, 60 kg K2O and 25 kg of […]

The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse and aimed to evaluate the effect of N and P fertilization on dry matter (DM) production of shoots and roots, crude protein (CP) production and concentration, and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) concentration of Tanzania grass. It was used a completely randomized experimental design in a 4 × 2 factorial scheme, being four N doses (0, 50, 100, and 150 mg N/dm3) and two doses of P2O5 (0 and 45 mg P2O5/dm3), with four […]

The work was carried out with the aim to verify the response of a cv. Tifton 85 pasture, in Depressão Central of Rio Grande do Sul state, to pig slurry (PS) fertilization, in the rates of 0, 15, 30 and 45 m3/ha/cutting, between October/03 and February/04, totalizing 0, 60, 120 e 180 m3/ha in the spring-summer. The PS was applied after cuttings, in: 15/10/2003 (uniformizing cutting), 11/24/2003, 1/10/2004 and 2/5/2004. The last cut was done in 4/10/2004 and then it […]

Data from the first four parities of Large White pigs were used to estimate (co)variance components and genetic parameters for litter size (LS) in single trait and multi-trait analyses. The (co)variance components and genetic parameters were estimated by restricted maximum likelihood using the MTDFREML program. LS in each parity was considered a different trait and the models included contemporary group as fixed effect and additive direct genetic and residual as random effects. Heritability estimates of LS in different parities in […]

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of environmental factors and to estimate the heritability of weaning-estrus interval in Dalland (C-40) sows in the Southeast of Brazil. Data consisting of 1,032 weaning-estrus intervals recorded in two herds were analyzed by a model that included the random effects of sire and dam and the fixed effects of year of farrowing, herd and the farrowing season, and the covariables age of sow at farrowing, litter size at birth and […]

Data from 12.840 litters, recorded from 1989 to 2003, were used to evaluate genetic parameters and genetic trends of reproductive traits in Large White pigs. Data were provided by the Swine Breeders Brazilian Association – ABCS and included records on litter size at birth (NLN), litter size at 21 days (NLD), average litter weight at birth (PMNasc), litter weight at weaning adjusted to 21 days (PMD), average daily weight gain (GMD) and number of stillbirth (NatMort). Variance components were estimated […]

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of two levels of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of the diet (25 and 35%) from two forage to concentrate (50:50 and 60:40) ratio on nutrient digestibility, fecal pH and blood parameters as lactate, glucose, urea, creatinine, fibrinogen and alkaline phosphatase, to establish minimum and safe levels of fiber in equines diets. Five horses without defined race, with 6 to 8 years old and average 300 kg BW, were housing in […]