The objective of this work was to study the genetic-quantitative aspects of birth weight (BW), in animals of Nellore breed, in the herd from the Nellore Cattle Genetic Improvement Program, conducted by the Department of Genetics of the University of São Paulo. Only the weights of sound calves, born alive and from births, obtained by artificial insemination were considered. The (co) variance components were estimated under four different animal models where direct and maternal genetic and permanent environmental were taken […]

This experiment was carried out to determine the nutritional requirement of methionine + cystine (sulfur amino acids) for Hubbard and Ross broilers from 1 to 21 and from 22 to 42 days of age, of both sexes. Weight gain, intake, feed:gain and carcass composition were evaluated. Two thousand and four hundred broilers were used in the phase from 1 to 21 of age and 1800 broilers in the phase from 22 a 42 days of age. Basal diets with 21 […]

An experiment was conducted to establish the nutritional requirements of methionine+cystine (Met+Cys) for white-egg and the brown-egg layers hens in the second production cycle. Two hundred and twenty eight Lohmann Selected Leghorn and 288 Lohmann Brown laying hens were submitted to forced molting at the 76 weeks of age, were used. A completely experimental randomized experimental design was used. The treatments consisted of two egg laying strains and six Meth+Cys levels, with six replicates and eight birds per experimental unit. […]

This work aimed to establish lysine requirements for white-egg (Lohmann Selected Leghorn) and brown-egg (Lohmann Brown) layers hens in the second producing cycle, from 83 to 98 weeks of age. A completely randomized design with six replicates and eight birds per experimental unit was used. The treatments consisted in a 2 x 6 factorial involving two commercial lines and six lysine levels. The birds were fed diets containing 2860 kcal of ME/kg, 14.37% CP, and .50% lysine, supplemented with six […]

Two experiments were conducted to study the effect of adding chlorine on drinking water and different dietary energy levels on the body weight gain and water intake in broiler chickens. In Experiment 1, broilers were fed diets containing two levels of energy (2900 and 3200 kcal ME/kg) in each growing phase. The dietary energy level did not affect the water intake and the body weight gain of the broilers. In experiment 2, the dietary metabolizable energy level was 3200 kcal […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the carcass yield of three genetic groups of broilers chickens, obtained at UFV, called UFV1, UFV2 and UFV3. The chicks were fed an unique diet during the initial phase period and isocaloric diet containing 16.5, 18.0, 19.5, and 21.0% of crude protein (CP) at the finishing phase. Two hundred and forty chicks of each genetic group, totaling 720 chicks, were allotted to 48 floor pens up to 42 days of age. At […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance of three genetic groups of broiler chicks, obtained at UFV, called UFV1, UFV2 and UFV3, fed diets with different crude protein (CP) levels. Two hundred and forty chicks of each genetic group, totaling 720 chicks, were allotted to 48 floor pens up to 42 days of age. At the initial phase (1 to 21 days), all chicks were fed an unique diet. At the final phase (22 to 42 days), […]

Two studies were conducted to determine the true digestible threonine requirement for barrows from 15 to 30 kg live weight (LW). In the first (digestibility trial) were used eight barrows, averaging 30,3 kg LW initial weight, submitted previous to the ileum-rectal anastomosis surgery, were allotted to a randomized block design, with two treatments, four replicates and one animal per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of a basal diet, with 15.7% of crude protein (CP) and .49% of total threonine, and […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of digestible energy (DE) levels on performance and carcass gain composition. Fifty crossbred gilts and 50 crossbred barrows, from 30 to 60 kg, maintained in a thermoneutral environment, were used. The experimental design was a randomized blocks with five treatments (3100, 3250, 3400, 3550, and 3700 kcal de DE/kg of diet), five replicates and two animals per experimental unit. In the experiment with gilts the DE level did not influence daily weight […]

With the objective to evaluate the effects of digestible energy (DE) on the performance and carcass composition rate, 50 barrows, from 30 to 60 kg PV, maintained in a high temperature environment (32.00 ± .88°C) were used. A completely randomized block design with five treatments (3100, 3250, 3400, 3550, and 3700 kcal of DE/kg of diet), five replicates and two animals per experimental unit was used. The dietary DE level influenced, in a quadratic way, the daily weight gain and […]