One experiment was carried out to evaluate the use of lactose sources (dried whey and lactose) and lysine levels (1.20 and 1.50%) in diets for weaned piglets with diferent body weight at 21 days of age, regarding performance and intestinal morphology of piglets in initial phase. Three hundred and eighty-four piglets from 21 to 42 days were sorted in a complete randomized design with a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement, in a total of eight treatments and four […]

A static, empirical and determinist model of ingestion, retention and excretion of N and P was developed for the Brazilian pig production. The general principles were: technological systems (ST), animal categories, N and P in the diets, and digestive and metabolic efficiencies of N and P. The model integrates three aggregation levels, being constituted by ten compartments (ingestion, gastrointestinal contents, retention, and excretions of P and N), 300 sub-compartments (50 related to ST and 250 to animal categories). The ST […]

This trial was carried out to evaluate the effects of replacing soybean meal with hydrolyzed protein of the cellular content of yeast (HPCCY), isolated protein of soy (IPS), hydrolyzed protein of intestinal mucosa membrane of swine (HPIMS) and dried whole milk on intestinal mucosa membrane morphology and pancreas development of weaned pigs at 7 and 14 days post weaning. Fourty-four piglets (averaging 5.5 ± 0.6 kg) were fed the following isonutritive diets: SM – yellow corn-soybean meal based diet; DWM […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of microbial enzymes on weight gain, feed intake and feed: gain ratio. In the first trial, 288 chicks from 8-21 days old were assigned to a complete randomized design with a 2 x 2 fatorial arrangement: meal (soybean meal + sorghum and soybean meal + millet) and with or without multi-enzymatic complex (MC), with four replications of 18 bird per experimental unit. Diets were formulated to contain the same levels of metabolizable […]

This work was conducted to study the quantitative carcass traits of 36 buffaloes (12 Murrah – MUR, 12 Jafarabadi – JAF and 12 Mediterranean – MED) averaging 18 months old and initial body weight (BW) of 330 kg finished in feedlot. Twelve animals of each genetic group were randomly assigned to three sub-groups (four animals) and distributed to the following treatments: Maturity 1 – slaughter weight at 400 kg of BW, Maturity 2 – slaughter weight at 450 kg of […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effects of three concentrate protein levels (15, 20 or 25% CP) on measurements of carcass and Longissimus dorsi muscle, weights and yields of cuts, and chemical composition and tenderness of meat of Suffolk lambs in creep feeding. Fifteen single birth lambs were used in this study. Lambs were slaughtered when they reached a final body weight of 28 kg. After slaughter, carcasses were maintained in a refrigerator at 5ºC for 24 […]

This trial was carried out to evaluate the effects of different concentrate crude protein levels (15, 20 or 25%) on production and carcass traits of Suffolk lambs in creep feeding. An economical analysis of the production system was also performed. Fifteen single birth lambs fed ad libitum twice a day were used in this study. The average daily intake was measured by subtracting the orts from the amount of feed offered to the animals. Lambs were weighed every fourteen days […]

Two experiments were conducted to determine the nutritional requirements of total methionine + cystine for Ross male broilers from 1 to 21 and 22 to 42 days old on tropical climate. The following parameters were evaluated: feed intake, weight gain, feed:gain ratio and absolute weights and yields of carcass, noble cuts (chest, thighs and drumsticks) and abdominal fat. The experiment was analyzed as a complete randomized design with six levels of methionine + cystine and four replicates of 12 animals, […]

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the effects of calving order (CO) and body condition score (BCS), scale 1(thin) to 5 (fat), on reproductive performance of 468 Nellore cows (391 multiparous and 77 primiparous) grazing Brachiaria decumbens Stapf at Brazilian Central West (Cerrados region) during four breeding seasons (from 11/1 to 1/31 of the following year). Calving order quadratically affected pregnancy rate (PR) in this trial; PR of CO1 cows was 69% while that of cows from CO5 […]

The objective of this work was to evaluate the inter treatment discrimination according to feed conversion efficiency in several animal performance experiments. The variables investigated were: feed conversion ratio (FCR = intake: production ratio), feed efficiency index (FEI = production: intake ratio) and bio-nutritional index (BNI). The BNI was constructed from the first canonical variable obtained based on the multivariate analysis of variance of the intake and animal production (weight gain or milk production) variables. The results indicated that FCR […]