A digestibility trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of the supplementation of the ration with a enzyme complex containing cellulase, protease and amylase on the digestibility of nutrients in Nile tilapia juveniles (Oreochromis niloticus). The experimental diets were isoprotein (30% CP), isoenergy (4,243 kcal/kg of GE) and supplemented with a commercial enzyme complex containing cellulose, protease and amylase at the levels of 0.0, 0.025, 0.050, 0.075, and 0.1%. The apparent digestibility was determinated by the indirect method using chrome […]

This work measured lamb performance in a ryegrass pasture (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) under different grazing intensities and methods. The pasture was used from July 12th to November 1st of 2003 (total of 113 days). The treatments were two grazing intensities (moderate and low) in rotational and continuous stocking. The moderate and low grazing intensities were represented, respectively, by forage allowance of 2.5 and 5 fold the intake potential. It was used a factorial arrangement (2 intensities × 2 methods × […]

This work aimed to compare cultivars of Lotus corniculatus L. (cv. São Gabriel, cv. ARS2620) and L. uliginosus Schkuhr (cv. Maku) through the morphological development analysis. The plants were cultivated in pots and they were harvested at 90, 120, 150, 180, and 210 days after seeding being evaluated by linear, weight, volume, area, and count measurements. Data were submitted to regression analysis as a function of growth days. Cultivars had the same temporal trend for height, root volume, and shoot […]

This work evaluated the herbicides selectivity acetolactate synthase inhibitors and photosynthetic II applied in post- emergency in palisadegrass (Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu) and signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk) plants in field conditions and their effect in seed quality. Treatments tested in g ha-1 were: imazethapyr at 100, chlorimuron-ethyl at 15, nicosulfuron at 50, bentazon at 720, atrazine at 3.000, and control plot. Two field trials were set up on complete randomized block design with four replicates; laboratory studies were carried […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the coefficient of repeatability of some agronomic characteristics in Panicum maximum hybrids. Ten plots of sexual plants of this species were randomly distributed among 230 plots of apomitic accessions. After natural hybridization, seeds of each sexual plant constituted a half-sib family. Thirty plants of each female progenitor were evaluated in a randomized blocks design, with five plants per plot and six replications. Based on five evaluation cuts, the coefficient of repeatability was estimated […]

In order to evaluate the use of urea nitrogen, the balance of nitrogen (15N) in Brachiaria brizantha pastures was obtained when urea was applied either incorporated or in the soil surface (in four applications beginning in November of 1998) and the lime was applied in two periods (March and August of 1998). The recovery and retention of the N-urea were obtained for each plant structure of the soil-pasture system, and indicated that the plant crown is a very important storage […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the herbage production of cool season forage species and cultivars from Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuária- INIA/Uruguay breeding program. The following species and cultivars were evaluated: Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.): Cetus, Estanzuela 284 and Titan; Oats (Avena byzantina): RLE 115a and 1095a; White clover (Trifolium repens L.): Estanzuela Zapicán; Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.): Estanzuela 116 and Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) São Gabriel. Dry matter production, structural components percentage and production, […]

The experiment was carried out to evaluate sugar cane silage treated with chemical additive: urea 1.5%, sodium benzoate 0.1%, and sodium hydroxide 1.0% on the wet basis, associated with Propionibacterium acidipropionici + Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus buchneri, plus control silage in a factorial scheme 4 x 3, with three replications. The gas and effluents losses during the fermentation phase, and dry matter recovery were determined. During the aerobic phase were determined the dry matter recovery and aerobic stability through the […]

Scrotal circumference (SC) is a trait of economic importance because it is related to reproduction and sexual precocity of males and females. This research aimed to evaluate the effects of yearling age (YA) and weight at 15 months of age (W15) on measures of SC using 1.892 records of Caracu young males. Two different models were compared. Both models included the contemporary group (CG) effect, but differed by using YA as a covariate (linear and quadratic components) in model 1 […]

This study was aimed at calculating the economic values for milk (MY), fat (FY) and protein (PY) yields for a dairy buffalo production system in São Paulo State. The performance, revenues and costs were estimated based on a bio-economic model developed for a herd of dairy buffaloes raised in a grazing system, with roughage supply during the dry season and concentrate throughout the year. Economic values were calculated from the marginal difference of annual profit resulting from the increase of […]