Trairão (Hoplias cf. lacerdae) fingerlings, averaging 12.52 g and 10.5 cm, respectively, previously trained to accept artificial feed, were stocked in six tanks (5 m²), under two stocking rates: 1 and 4 fingerling/m², constituting the treatments t1 and t2, respectively. The fishes of the different treatments were ad libitum fed an extruded commercial diet containing 42% crude protein, at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at each 30 days, the water volume of all tanks was 100% replaced. at the end […]

Three varieties of Panicum maximum Jacq. were evaluated by measuring the botanical and chemical composition of the diet, and the dry matter intake and weight gain of the animal under rotational grazing, before and after a period of grazing. The treatments were: 1) v. Tanzânia + 50 kg N/ha, 2) v. Tanzânia + 100 kg N/ha, 3) v. Mombaça + 50 kg N/ha, and 4) v. Massai + 50 kg N/ha. Of the diets selected by the animals, v. Massai […]

Three varieties of Panicum maximum Jacq. were evaluated by measuring ingestive behavior components (bite size, grazing time, and rate of eating) for one year under rotational grazing. The treatments were: 1) v. Tanzânia + 50 kg N/ha, 2) v. Tanzânia + 100 kg N/ha, 3) v. Mombaça + 50 kg N/ha, and 4) v. Massai + 50 kg N/ha. The values for bite size were probably overestimated, even so, values lower than 300 g DM/bite size were observed, a critical […]

This work had the objective to evaluate the morphological development of the Paspalum dilatatum Poir. biotype Virasoro, having as witness the tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), winter and exotic species. The shoots were harvested for twelve times (December/00 to November/01) from the plants cultivated in the field. The virasoro was characterized for its stem architecture, early and long flowering, and for the stabilization of the tillering during autumn and winter, with accentuated increase of this process in the spring. The […]

This work had the objective to evaluate the forage potential of Paspalum dilatatum Poir. biotype Virasoro and Festuca arundinacea Schreb., an exotic species in the southern regions of Brazil. The individual plant shoots were harvested for twelve months, cultivated in the field, and evaluated as for the dry matter availability (DMA), crude protein (CP) and neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF and ADF). The virasoro showed seasonal cicle, with the maximum DMA in the spring/summer period (98 g DM/plant), while […]

An experiment was carried out in a greenhouse from November 2000 to February 2001 with the objective of evaluating the effects of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) rates on tillering, leaf area, total root length, total root surface, specific root length and specific root surface of Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Mombaça. The forage grass was grown in nutrient solution using ground quartz as substrate. The experimental arrange used was an incomplete 5² factorial of N and K and the 13 […]

Red clover is a temperate legume species that shows good dry matter yield potential and forage quality, being indicated to supplement livestock animals during the cool season in the Southern part of Brazil. The objective of this experiment was to study seed yield in red clover through the use of path analysis, aiming to generate basic information to be used on breeding program or in management strategies, which lead to an increase on seed yield, natural reseeding and thus to […]

This research was developed to evaluate the agronomic characteristics, chemical composition of the whole plants and their fractions of eight sorghum hybrids, to identify the adapted plants to dry environmental conditions and appropriated to silage production. The experiment was conducted according to a randomized block design, with eight treatments and three replications, to study the commercial hybrids AG-2005, BR-700 and MASSA-03, and the non commercial hybrids 498111, 65E3, 698005, 698007 and 699005. There were no significant differences among hybrids in […]

The aim of this experiment was to compare the efficiency of a hormonal protocol, associated to the temporary weaning for 96 hours, with the definitive weaning at 60 days in beef cows, for the induction of estrus and ovulation. One hundred and eighty-three suckled beef cows were used. The breeds of the cows were Charolais (C) and Nellore (N) and their crosses. The animals were genotyped as homozygous (HOM) and heterozigous (HET) for the microsatellite BMS3004, that is localized in […]

Fourteen random regression models were used to adjust 86,595 test-day milk records of 2,155 first lactation of native Caracu cows. The models include fixed effects of contemporary group and age of cow as covariable. A cubic regression on Legendre orthogonal polynomial of days in milk was used to model the mean trend and the additive genetic and permanent environmental regressions. Different structures of residual variances were tried and considered through homogeneous variances or heterogeneous variances, modeled as a step function […]