The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential and effective degradabilities of the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of furachão grass (Panicum repens, L) in different cutting ages (15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 days) with the presence or absence of fertilization. The passage rates of liquid and solid digesta phases were also determined. Five male 7/8 Holstein x Zebu cattle from 30 to 36 months of age, with 545 kg LW […]

The performance and digestibility of nutrients of lambs fed concentrates formulated with soybean meal (SM) and whole canola grain (WC), cracked canola grain (CC) or pelleted canola (PC) and oat hay, fed in a 30:70 (forage to concentrate ratio, %DM) were evaluated. Twenty-eight male lambs with initial age from 60 to 90 days and 17 kg LW were allotted to a completely randomized design. The intakes (g/d) of DM, CP, ADF, NDF and GE (Mcal/d), the average daily gain and […]

The nutritional improvement of rice straw fermented by Trichoderma viride, Rhizopus stolonifer and Pycnoporus sanguineus was evaluated using the in situ ruminal degradability technique. The fermentation of the straw with T. viride and water for two weeks increased the degradation rate in 31.5 and 264% when compared with the control and water, and with fermentation of the straw for one week. Also, there was a reduction on the effective degradation time of the straw dry matter in the digestive tract […]

With the objective to evaluate the effect of hydrolyzed sugar cane bagasse and sugar cane tops in the performance of cattle, 72 Nellore steers, averaging from 18 to 30 months of age and 293 kg LW were feedlot for 99 days. The treatment consisted in 40.0% hydrolyzed sugar cane bagasse (BAH) and 20.0% sugar cane tops (treatments T1 e T4), 20.0 BAH and 40.0% sugar cane tops (T2 and T5), and 30.0 BAH and 30.0% sugar cane tops (T3 and […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of two levels of broiler litter (15.0 and 30.0%), associated or not to a supplement based on bovine lyophilized ruminal microbiota (0 and 10 g/animal•day), in the Holstein Zebu steers feeding. Four steers with ruminal and abomasal fistulae were allotted to a 4 x 4 latin square in a factorial arrangement and individually fullfed. The intake and total and partial digestibilities were evaluated. There was no effect of broiler litter level on […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradation kinetics and different models to estimate the passage rate in steers fed diets with 15.0% of broiler litter associated to two levels of a supplement based on bovine lyophilized ruminal microbiota (0 and 10 g/animal•day). Four steers with ruminal and abomasal fistulae were allotted to a completely randomized experiment. The passage rate was determined using chromium complexed to the cellular wall […]

This work was carried out to evaluate the physical characteristics of the digesta throughout the gastrointestinal tract and to exam the conception of critical particle size that escape from the reticulum-rumen (RR), in the dairy bull calves fed diets with different concentrate levels. Thirty two dairy bull calves, one half straightbred Holstein and half crossbreed Holstein-Zebu, slaughtered with average six months of age and 190 kg LW, after fasting for 16 hours. The diets fed libitum were constituted of coast-cross […]

This research was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of concentrate in the diet on the contents of dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and crude protein (CP) of the digesta, in the distinct sections of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of the dairy calves. Thirty-two young bulls were used, half Holstein and the other half crossbred Holstein-Zebu, were slaughtered with an average age of six months and 190 kg LW final after […]

The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of environmental factors on the shape of lactation curves (peak yield, time of peak and persistency) of crossbred Alpine x Gurguéia goats fitted by Incomplete gamma function. Data from 6126 records of 877 lactation of 366 goats raised on Carnaúba Farm, Taperoá city, Paraíba State in the period from 1988 to 1995 were used. The function was fitted by linear regression, after logarithmic transformation and by non-linear iterative method. Adjusted […]

Thirty two Holstein black and white type bull calves averaging 75 days of age and initial 78 kg LW, divided into two slaughter groups (group 1: 16 animals slaughtered with 190 ± 10 kg LW and group 2: 16 animals slaughtered with 300 ± 10 kg LW) were allotted to a completely randomized design to evaluate the effects of crescent dietary levels of concentrate on the quantitative traits of the non integrate body parts of the animal carcass and the […]