The objetive of the experiment was to evaluate the effect on animal performace of the addition of soybean hulls in substitution to sorghum grain in the concentrate fraction of the diet of feedlot finished steers from of 19 to 23 months of age. The treatments were the different levels of substitution of sorghum grain by soybean hulls: 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%. The diet with roughage: concentrate ratio of 60:40, contained 12% crude protein. Analyzing the data by regression, […]

The objective of the experiment was to evaluate, through feedlot performance of calves, three corn hybrids (Zea mays, L.): Agroceres AG-5011, Braskalb XL-344 and Cargill C-806. For the evaluation, 27 Nellore x Charolais non-castrated crossbred males with average age of 10 months and average initial weight of 252 kg, were used. The animals were fed during 84 days, divided in four periods of 21 days. The hybrids silages tested represented 70% of the dry matter offered. No significant interaction of […]

The objective of the experiment was to study the development and carcass characteristics of Nellore steers, slaughtered at two years of age classified in four groups according to the average daily weight gain (ADG) pre and post seven months: high-high = steers with ADG ³ .44 kg from birth to slaughter, low-low = steers with ADG < .44 kg from birth to slaughter, high-low = steers with ADG > .44 kg before seven months, and ADG < .44 kg from […]

The experiment was carried to study three three levels (0, 50 e 100%) of high moisture corn silage replacing dry corn grain in rations of lambs fed in creep feeding. Twenty four Suffolk lambs were evaluated to qualitative and quantitative loin (longissimus dorsi) characteristics. Lambs were weighed until to reach pre-fixed slaughter weight, 28 kg LW. Cold carcasses were cut in seven anatomical regions. Four measures were taken on longissimus dorsi surface: maximum width; minimal depth; minimal fat depth and […]

The experiment was carried to study three levels (0, 50 e 100%) of high moisture corn silage replacing dry corn grain in rations of lambs fed in creep feeding. Twenty four Suffolk lambs were evaluated to live weight (LW) gain and carcasses dressing-outs percentage. It was performed an economical analysis too. Rations in creep feeding were fed ad libitum, and rests were weighed to obtain mean intake by treatment. When lambs reached 28 kg LW, lambs were submitted to 16 […]

Twenty sheep were allotted in metallic crates during 15 days, to determine the effects of different levels of poultry litter on consumption and nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance and on the major elements apparent availability. The animals were distributed in four treatments in a blocks design, with five replicates. Tifton 85 (Cynodon spp) hay was the forage source and poultry litter was composed of chopped corn cobs and coffee hulls in the ratio of 1:1. The diets were isoprotein with four […]

Three Holstein steers, canulated in the rumen, where were incubated nylon bags with sugarcane bagasse, were maintained in feedlot, in individual boxes, according to the following treatments: T1 – bagasse without treatment (control); T2 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S; T3 – bagasse treated with 4% NH3 and T4 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S + 4% NH3. Higher potential degradability was observed for the treatment with bagasse treated with NH3 and NH3 plus Na2S. Dry matter degradability ranged from […]

Sixteen ½ Holstein/Indubrasil heifers, averaging 230 kg of live weight, housed in individual boxes, were allotted to a completely randomized design, with four treatments and four replicates, according to the following treatments: T1 – bagasse without treatment (control); T2 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S; T3 – bagasse treated with 4% NH3 and T4 – bagasse treated with 2.5% Na2S + 4% NH3. All treatments were based on bagasse dry matter. Sugarcane bagasse was stored for 10 months e, after […]

The objective of this work was to determine the in vitro effect of the propolis on the specific activity of ammonia production (SAAP) or activity deamination of amino acids and on ruminal fermentation in bovine. The SAAP was determined using ruminal fluid and McDougall buffer (1:4) with different levels of propolis extract and excess of hydrolyzed casein. In the study of the in vitro effect of the propolis on the ruminal fermentation and SAAP, four Holstein steers were used, in […]

Two experiments were accomplished with the objective to evaluate the in vitro efficiency of the propolis extract to inhibit the gas production from ruminal fermentation of different feeds. In the first experiment, 100 mg of ground brachiaria dry matter hay was incubated, in absence (0.2 mL of alcoholic solution at 70.0% in water) or presence of 0.2 mL of propolis extract (extraction of 3 g of propolis in triturated stone for each 10 mL of alcohol at 70%, for ten […]