This study aimed to evaluate impact of stocking density on final productivity in the production of mirror common carp in fattening stage, during the summer. A completely randomized design with three treatments (1, .5, .33 fishes/m2) and three replicates was used. The fish were stocked with an average weight of 2.40 g and average length of 5.35, 5.40 and 5.39 cm, respectively, in the treatments 1, 2 and 3, with 45 days of age. The diets were formulated with 27% […]

A 100-d experiment was carried out with 288 fingerlings of pacu, allotted to 36 cement mansory box with 100 liters volume, with eight fishes per each unit, to evaluate the replacement of fish flour by soybean meal and the protein levels in the diets. During the experimental period, the average temperature of the water was 28ºC and other limnology parameters (dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity and conductivity) remained within the adequate levels for the development of this specie. The experimental design […]

The objectives of the present study were to compare the efficiency of two diets: 1 (NUTRAVIT) and 2 (IP), both with 40% of crude protein, containing the synthetic androgen hormone 17 a-methyltestosterone (MT) and to analyze the most effective dose of this hormone on the sex reversal of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, throughout histological analysis of the gonads and sex determination of the samples. A total of 9600 Nile tilapia fries with seven days posthatching received the following treatments, per […]

The experiment was carried out from September 1995 to September 1996, to evaluate the total dry matter/ha (TDM), of leaves/ha (LDM), regrowth vigor (RV), tillers number (TN), and percentage of eliminated apical meristems (AME) in six grass cultivars (Aruana, Centenario, Colonião, Mombaça, Tanzania and Tobiatã) and two genotypes (K249 and KK8) of Panicum maximum Jacq., at two cutting heights (20 and 40 cm), during dry and rainy season. A split plot experimental design was used. The height cutting only influenced […]

The objective of this experiment was to study the influence of six haying and four storage periods on the chemical composition and mold growth of alfafa hay. A 6×4 factorial arrangement was used in a completely randomized design, with five replicates for chemical analyses and four replicates for mold determinations. The haying methods were: T1- (shade, S) shade-drying; the forage was carried to a barn immediately after cutting and spreaded (S); T2 and T3: the material was sun-dried until a […]

ABSTRACT – The objective of this paper was to determine the economic weights for the use in selection index for protein, fat and milk without fat and protein (carrier) appropriated for the payment systems of two important milk processors in the States of Parana and Minas Gerais. The prices of each one of those components were calculated, and the prices for protein, fat and carrier were 1.35, 1.89 and 0.17 R$/kg, in Parana, and 0.20, 0.80 and 0.20 R$/kg, in […]

The objective of this work was to exam the convenience of paying for the genetic value of protein and fat in imported semen using the technique of discounted gene flow, based on economic values derived in a parallel paper and literature biological parameters. In the State Parana, semen of Holstein sires positive for protein and fat could be economic, depending on its cost, while in Minas Gerais such sires would be unprofitable. Genetic trends for protein and fat in Brazilian […]

Milk production records of 5,258 lactations at first calving from straightbred Gyr and crossbred Gyr:Holstein cows were used to evaluate the relationship between sire predicted transmitting ability (PTA) and the milk production of their progeny. Animal model was used to calculate the PTA using straightbred Gyr daughter only, the crossbred Gyr daughters only and all daughters at the same time. Subsequently, the PTA regressions and correlations of the sires obtained under different alternatives, with the straightbred and, or crossbred daughters […]

Data related with semen characteristics such as volume (VOL), gross motility (TURB), motility (MOT), vigor (VIG), concentration (CONC), major defects (DMA) and minor defects (DME) from 807 semen output (CS) of 105 sires of the Gyr breed selected for milk production, and their measurements of scrotal circumference (CE) were used to study factors that affect these traits and the correlations among them. Uni and bivariate animal models that included the fixed effects of AI company, year and season of CS […]

Records of 4,595 lactations from 2,254 cows, daughters of 145 sires and 1,618 dams of Gyr breed from 18 herds, with observed calving time from 1980 to 1997, were used to estimate the genetic and phenotypic parameters of milk yield up to 305 days and projected partial lactations. From 91, 151, 211 or 241 days in milk, 10, 30, 50 or 70% of the milk yield were projected for the observed and 305 days of lactation. The genetic parameters were […]