The forage digestion characteristics can better be understood when associated with studies of tissue anatomy of forage species. Aiming at new focus to this issue, the area of several tissues present in leaves and stems of B. brizantha and B. humidicola, were determined at three different regions of the plant. The assay was carried out at greenhouse, with plants growing in pots with sterilized sand, receiving nutritive solution of macro and micronutrients. After 70 days of growing period, the segment […]

In an italian ryegrass pasture under continuous stocking with sheep, biomass flows were estimated from 2 to 20 October 1999. Treatments corresponded to four different sward heights (5, 10, 15 and 20 cm) maintained by variable stocking. The experimental design was the randomized complete block design with three replicates. The fluxes were defined by morphogenetic and structural variables obtained from measurements performed on marked tillers. During the period in which the intended sward heights were established, significant effects in sward […]

The corn hybrids AG 510 and AG 5011 (Agroceres) were ensiled in plastic experimental silos (four units/treatment), consisting of eight treatments: control (without inoculation), Sil-All® (S. faecium, P. acidilactici, L. plantarum, amylase, hemicellulase, and cellulase), Silobac® (L. plantarum, S. faecium, and Lactobacillus sp.), and Pioneer 1174® (S. faecium and L. plantarum). Silos were opened 106 days after ensiling and sampled to proceed chemical analyses. AG 510 and AG 5011 hybrids differed for DM (35.26 vs. 44.06%), CP (8.07 vs. 9.73%), […]

A total of 87,045 milk yield records of 11,023 first-parity Holstein cows was utilized, obtained from 1997 to 2001 from different herds of 10 Minas Gerais locations. Six types of persistency measures in lactation were evaluated using milk yield breeding values, obtained by means of Random Regression Model – RRM. The Wilmink function was used to describe the random and fixed effects by RRM. Heritability estimates and genetic correlations for various persistency measures in lactation were dependent on the definition […]

First lactation milk and fat yields of 5086 purebred and crossbred Gir cows were used to estimate genetic components of (co)variance using multivariate and bivariate animal models solved by a REML derivative-free algorithm. Both models were used to predict breeding values (EBV) for milk (MY) and fat (FY) yields of purebred and crossbred Gir cows. In the multivariate model it was assumed yields from each genetic group as different traits to account for heterogeneous phenotypic variance for milk yield. This […]

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the nutritional utilization of soybean hulls for growing horses. In the digestibility assay, four colts, averaging 11 months of age and 350±26kg, were used to determine the nutritional value of diets with soybean hulls. The experimental design was square latine (4 x 4). Four diets were used, one as a reference and three as test diets, where the soybean hulls replaced 33.3, 66.6 and 100% of the Tifton 85 hay of the reference […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the validity of prediction equation of metabolizable energy requirements, that was previously determined at Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias of UNESP -Jaboticabal. The pullets were distributed in a randomized design with three treatments and six replication of 18 pullets from 3 to 8 wk-age, 15 birds from 9 to 12 wk-age and 12 birds from13 to 18 wk-age. The treatments consisted of comparing the performance of pullets feeding according to: ad […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance of Charolais (C), Nellore (N), CN and NC crossbred cows, kept on native pasture, supplemented with rice bran and weaned at 42 or 63 days, or not supplemented and weaned of 63 days. Cow age ranged from 3 to 12 years and was classified into four groups, first calf, young, adult and old cows. Average daily weight gain (ADG) from calving to 63 days postpartum was higher for supplemented cows. […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of beef calves, from birth to weaning, produced by Charolais (C), Nellore (N), CN and NC crossbred cows, kept on native pasture, supplemented with rice bran and weaned at 42 or 63 days postpartum, or non supplemented and weaned at 63 days. Cow age ranged from 3 to 12 years, being classified as: first calf, young, adult and old cows. Calves weaned at 63 days of age, whose cows were […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the production and composition of milk of beef cows of four genetic groups, including Charolais (C), Nellore (N), CN crossbreds daughters of C bulls, and NC crossbreds, daughters of N bulls, maintained on native pasture and submitted to different managements during pre-weaning: supplemented with rice bran (.7% of the body weight) and weaned at 42 or 63 days postpartum, or non supplemented and weaned at 63 days. The cow age varied from […]