Three hundred and ninety six reverted Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), from Thailand strain, averaging initial weight of 0.86 ± 0.02 g were used to evaluate the effect of feeding methionine plus cystine:lysine levels, based on the ideal protein concept, with deficient levels of digestible lysine (1.40%). The experiment was analyzed as a completely randomized design, with six treatments, six replications by treatment and 11 fishes for experimental unit. The treatments consisted of five diets with different ratios of digestible methionine […]

Eight hundred Nile tilapia larvae with two days old were used to evaluate the inclusion of soybean meal in diets fed Nile tilapia during the sex reversion period (30 days). The experiment was analyzed as a completely randomized blocks, with four treatments and four replications. A net tank with 50 larvae was considered an experimental unit. The treatments were formulated to be isoprotein and isonitrogenous (38.6% of digestible protein and 3,800 kcal/kg of digestible energy), with increasing levels of soybean […]

Some morphophysiological responses of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu, cv. Piatã, cv. Arapoty, B163, B166 and B. ruziziensis R124 were compared in plants grown in pots, under flooded and well-drained conditions. Flooding reduced leaf elongation rate in all accessions. Leaf dry mass production was lower under flooding than in the control plants in all the studied accessions, except in cv. Piatã. Root dry mass production was reduced by flooding in cv. Marandu and in R124, while the proportion of biomass allocated […]

An experiment using signalgrass hay treated with increasing urea levels (0, 20, 40, and 80 g/kg of dry matter), and submitted to in vitro digestion times (0, 6, 12, 24 or 72 hours) was conducted to evaluate the effects of ammoniation rates and digestion times on leaf blade tissue degradation. A completely randomized design with a 4 × 5 factorial treatment arrangement, with three replicates was used. Data were submitted to multivariate analysis. Urea-treated hay presented smaller proportion of remaining […]

A greenhouse experiment was carried out during the Spring 2004 aiming to evaluate Panicum maximum cv. Tanzania root system as related to the combined supply of K and Mg in nutrient solutions. A randomized block design was used, with four replications, in an incomplete 52 factorial experiment with 13 combinations between K and Mg fertilization rates, in mmol/L: 0.4K/0.05Mg; 0.4K/1.35Mg; 0.4K/2.65Mg; 3.2K/0.70Mg; 3.2K/2.00Mg; 6.0K/0.05Mg; 6.0K/1.35Mg; 6.0K/2.65Mg; 8.8K/0.70Mg; 8.8K/2.00Mg; 11.6K/0.05Mg; 11.6K/1.35Mg, and 11.6K/2.65Mg. Roots were collected after the second harvest of […]

Data from 1456 purebred and crossbred cows of five different crossbred groups involving the Holstein (H) and Gyr (G) breeds (H; ¾H ¼G; ½H ½G; 3/8H 5/8G e ¼H ¾G) were used to compare their milk production and reproductive traits in the Brazilian central plateau region. The performance traits studied were: average daily milk production (DMP); lactation length (LL); total production in 305 days (P305) and age at first calving (AFC), gestation length (GL) and calving interval (CI). Higher averages […]

The objectives of this study were to estimate heritabilities and genetic correlations for milk (MY), fat (FY) and protein (PY) yields and for percentages of fat (%F) and protein (%P) in milk of Holstein cows in Paraná State. Data consisted of 117,082 lactation records for MY, FY and PY and 116,747 records for %F and %P from herds supervised by the Milk Recording Service of the Holstein Breeders Association of Paraná from January 1992 to December 2003. Covariance components and […]

Genetic divergence among three lineages of meat-type hens from the Genetic Breeding Program of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa was evaluated for the following traits: days at first egg (DPPO), egg production rate (TP) from 22nd to 56th week, body weight on the 32nd (PMI1), on 40th (PMI2), at 48th (PMI3), at 56th (PMI4) and at the 64th week (PMI5), egg weight on the 32nd (PMO1), on 40th (PMO2), at 48th (PMO3), at 56th (PMO4) and at the 64th week […]

A total of 84 barrows and females from a commercial hybrid (Agroceres × MS60), averaging 15.3 kg, was raised from 15 to 35 kg to evaluate the effect of different dietary levels of metabolizable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP) formulated according to the ideal protein concept and phytase supplementation on performance and carcass characteristics. The experiment was analyzed as a complete randomized block design, in a factorial arrangement of treatments 3 × 2 + 1, with three ME levels […]

The study was carried out with the objective to evaluate the effects of the inclusion of the wheat bran (WB) with or without supplementation of an enzymatic complex (EC) on the performance of semi-heavy hens in the egg-production phase. A total of 288 Lohmann Brown pullets were used, distributed to a completely randomized design in 4 × 2 factorial arrangement, composed by four WB levels (0, 3, 6 and 9%) in the ration and enzymatic complex supplementation (0 or 100g/100 […]