Seventy beef males of three breeding systems (BS), straightbreds Charolais (Ch) and Nellore (Ne), G1 crossbreds: 1/2 Ch + 1/2 Ne (1/2 Ch) and 1/2 Ne + 1/2 Ch (1/2 Ne) and G2 crossbreds: 3/4 Ch + 1/4 Ne (3/4 Ch) and 3/4 Ne + 1/4 Ch (3/4 Ne) were used. The number of animals by genetic group was, respectively, 15, 12, 8, 12, 14 and 9. Thirty-five males were castrated (C) at seven months and 35 were kept intact […]

The research aimed to analyze the effects of feed restriction prior to confinement on growth and chemical composition of the carcass and carcass components in cattle. Twenty-four Holstein-Gyr crossbred steers, with 19,3 ± 5,1 months of age and 202,1 ± 49,1 kg LW, at the beginning of the trial were used. Fifteen animals were confined after a 104-day period of forage restriction, in which it was intended to keep body weight unchanged (compensatory gain group), while nine of them had […]

The research aimed to analyze the effects of feed restriction prior to the confinement on growth and chemical composition of the tissues and organs in cattle. Twenty-four Holstein-Gyr crossbred steers, with 19,3 ± 5,1 months of age and 202,1 ± 49,1 kg LW, at beginning of the trial were used. Fifteen of the animals were confined after a 104-day period of forage restriction, in which it was intended to keep body weight unchanged (compensatory gain group), while nine of them […]

The objective of this research was to estimate the intestinal digestibility of rumen-undegradable protein (RUDP) by a three-steps procedure. The evaluated feeds were the soybean meal, cottonseed meal, wheat middlings, corn meal, corn gluten meal, whole raw soybean, whole raw cottonseed, fishmeal, meat meal and blood meal. Firstly, the feeds were incubated in rumen during 16 hours to determine the rumen-undegradable protein, the residue was incubated with pepsin solution during 1 hour, and pancreatic solution during 24 hours at 380C, […]

Fifteen male castrated sheep were used during a period of 22 days to determine the bromatological composition, intake and in vivo digestibility of diets with increasing levels (0, 50 and 100%) of “catingueira” hay (CH). A completely randomized experimental design with three treatment and five replications was used. “Catingueira” hay presented a 91.5% dry matter (DM), 93.89% organic matter (OM), 11.25% crude protein (CP), 4.31% ether extract (EE), 45.47% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), 37.08% acid detergent fiber (ADF), 8.39% hemicellulose […]

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the non-nitrogenous sources and the addition of Sacharomyces cerevisiae to sugarcane based diets on the intakes and the total and partial apparent digestibilities of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), total carbohydrates (TC), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and non- structural carbohydrates (NEC). The nitrogen balance and ruminal parameters were also evaluated. Four Holstein-Zebu young bulls rumen and abomasal fistulated were allotted to […]

The intake, total apparent digestibility and ruminal and intestinal apparent digestibilities of diets containing tifton 85 bermudagrass hays (Cynodon spp.) at different regrowth ages were evaluated with cattle. Four rumen and abomasum fistulated steers were allotted in a 4×4 Latin square. All diets consisted in 0 to 40 forage to concentrate ratio. The forage was consisted in Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay of 28, 35, 42 and 56 days of age, and the concentrate contained corn meal and mineral mix. The […]

The microbial efficiency synthesis, the abomasum nitrogen compounds flow, the nitrogen compounds balance, the passage rate of ruminal digest, the ruminal ammonia concentration and ruminal pH in cattle fed diets containing Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay with different regrowth ages were evaluated. Four rumen and abomasum fistulated zebu cattle with average 340 kg LW were allotted in a 4×4 Latin square. All diets contained 60:40 forage to concentrate ratio. The forage was consisted in Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay with 28, 35, […]

The chemical composition, crude protein fractions (A, B1, B2, B3 and C) and total carbohydrate fractions (A, B1, B2 and C), and respective degradation rate of B1, B2 and B3 protein fractions and A + B1 and B2 carbohydrate fractions of Tifton 85 bermudagrass hay from plants harvested with 28, 35, 42 and 56 days of regrowth, fertilized with 75 kg/ha/cut of N, were evaluated. The protein content of hays from 28 to 56 days of regrowth ranged from 17.58 […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the replacement of different corn grains (dry corn grain, reconstituted grain corn silage and high-moisture grain corn silage) on th epreformance of feedlot lambs. Sixty lambs (males and females) were randomly assigned to five treatments with twelve replicates and fed iIsoprotein and isoenergetic diets, in different treatments: T1= (RCGS) reconstituted grain corn silage; T2 = (DCG) dry corn grain; T3 = 50% RCGS + 50% DCG; T4 = (HMGCS) high-moisture grain corn silage; T5 […]