This research was developed to evaluate the intake and digestibility of nutrients; feed/gain conversion (FC); average daily live weight (LWG), empty body weight (EBWG) and carcass (CG) gains; the carcass dressing percentage and the basic cuts percentage; the carcass length (CL); the loin eye area (LEA) and the subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) of Zebu steers, with initial average live weigth of 270 kg, fed with 5, 35 e 65% of concentrate, in feedlot. The dry matter and organic matter intake […]

This research was developed to estimate the energy values (TDN) of feeds, concentrate and roughage, through equations proposed by NRC (2001) and validate from the comparison among TDN values estimated by these equations and those observed in the total collection feces. Five concentrate feeds (wheat bran, soybean meal, corn ground, whole soybean and whole cotton seed) an five roughage feeds (brachiaria hay, corn silage, tifton haylage, elephant grass silage and elephantgrass) were evaluated by using 20 crossbred Holstein x Zebu […]

Thirty-six young bulls (12 Nellore, 12 crossbed ½ Holstein x ½ Zebu, and 12 crossbred ½ Caracu x ½ Zebu) were used to evaluate the composition of the gain and the growth curves of corporal components. The growing animals had initial average weight of 225 kg, and the finishing ones, initial average weight of 332 kg. The animals were maintained in confinement regime to reach 310 to 340 kg of weight for the growing animals and 420 to 470 kg […]

Four rumen fistulated lactating dairy cows were assigned to a Latin Square (4×4), with 21 days of experimental period, being the last three days for evaluation, to evaluate the effects of the combination of soybean oil and monensin in lactating dairy cow diets on dry matter intake, total and partial digestibility of the nutrients and ruminal fermentation and microbial synthesis. The animals were assigned to a factorial arrangement (2×2): presence (4% in total DM) or absence of soybean oil and […]

This study had the objective of evaluating the qualitative aspects of lamb meat from Santa Ines breed when submitted in the termination phase to different feeding systems. Twenty four legs from entire lambs with slaughter age from six to ten months were equally distributed among four different diets: T1 = capim-d’água hay + concentrate, T2 = pineapple hay + concentrate, T3 = forage palm + mixture, T4 = maize ensilage hay + concentrate. The utilization of four different forager feeds […]

Cows on diets deficient in P have not responded P supplementation during late pregnancy, although they may respond in early lactation. Bone metabolism of range cows has been monitored. All cows received complete mineral mixtures during wet season; during dry season, the imposed treatments were: complete mineral mixtures (MMC) or mineral mixtures lacking dicalcium phosphate, supplemented (MMR) or not (MM) with concentrate. Cows supplemented with the concentrate tended to show less variation on bone measurements. Calcium concentrations on bone ash […]

The equations developed by Hankins and Howe were validated in order to predict the physical and chemical carcass composition and equations were developed aiming to estimate the body composition of zebu cattle from the 9-10-11th rib cut composition. Nineteen Zebu steers, with 270 kg of initial live weight (LW) and 2 years old were used. Four were slaughtered in the beginning of the trial, performing the reference group, three were fed to the maintenance level and the remaining were uniformly […]

The objective of the study was to evaluate effects of microbially inoculated sunflower silage on total digestibility in ovines. Eight animals were assigned to a cross-over design, with two sub-periods (8 animals/treatment). Treatments were composed of sunflower silage (17.3% DM and 13.8% CP, on average) control or microbially inoculated with S. faecium plus L. plantarum (Pioneer 1174 product). Each experimental sub-period lasted for twenty-one days, where the last five were used for feces and urine collection. The inoculation decreased the […]

Twelve Holstein cows were allotted to four 4 x 4 Latin square balanced in accordance with the lactation period, with the objective of evaluating the protein production, using the total purine derivatives (PD) excretion, obtained from spot urine collection, the plasma and milk urea and nitrogen(N)-urea, pH and ruminal ammonia concentration. The four experimental diets were formulated to contain 70% of corn silage and 30% of concentrate. Increasing levels of wheat middlings in the concentrate (0, 33, 67 and 100%) […]

The apparent digestibility and the intakes of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and total digestible nutrients (TDN) were estimated to evaluate the effects of replacement by corn by forage cactus meal (0, 33, 66 and 100%) in growing lambs diets. It was also aimed to compare the internal markers, indigestible neutral detergent (NFDi) and acid detergent fiber (ADFi) with total feces collection to estimate the apparent digestibility of nutrients. A 4 x […]