An experiment was carried out to evaluate digestible lysine requirement for male broilers chicks of Ross line from 1 to 11 days old. A total of 1050 one day old male chicks were fed with five isoenergetic (2,950 kcal ME/kg) and isoproteic (23% CP) diets, with digestible lysine levels of 1.12, 1.17, 1.22, 1.27 and 1.35%. A completely randomized bloc design was used with seven replications of 30 birds per experimental unit. A comparative slaughter technique was conducted to determine […]

The performance, digestibility and retention of nutrients and the development of digestive organs of broiler chicks in pre-starter diet (1 to 7 days old) fed diets with different levels of digestible lysine and arginine. A total of 352 day old AgRoss male chicks was allotted to 2 x 3 factorial arrangement (level of digestible lysine [1.056 and 1.305%] and levels of digestible arginine [1.305, 1.459 and 1.613%] and four replicates of 11 chicks. Daily weight gain was not affected by […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of cashew nut meal (CNM) in diets on nutrient digestibility, bird performance and egg characteristics of Japanese quails. A total of 270 japanese quails with 17 weeks of age were weighed and distributed into a completely randomized design with six diets and nine replicates of five birds in each experimental unit. Treatments consisted of one diet without CNM (control) and five diets containing 4; 8; 12; 16 and 20% of […]

This experiment was conduced to determine the level of CP with amino acid supplementation in diets to gilts under high environmental temperature in finishing phase. Thirty-five crossbreed gilts (Landrace x Large White) with an average initial weight of 60.3 kg were allotted in a randomized experimental design with five diets (17.3, 16, 14.7, 13.4, and 12.1% CP) seven replications and one animal by experimental unity. The experimental diets were supplied ad libitum until the end of the experiment when the […]

An experiment was conduced with the objective of evaluating the effects of diet formulation methods and supplementation of ractopamine (RAC) on the performance and carcass characteristics of finishing barrows. Sixty commercial hybrid swines were used, distributed in a randomized experimental block design, in a 2 x 3 factorial arrangment, with two levels of RAC and three methods of diet formulation. Supplementation with RAC improved the final weight, daily weight gain (DWG) and feed conversion (FC) of the finishing barrows. Addition […]

With the objective to evaluate the inclusion of spray dry blood plasma in diets for piglets weaned at 21 days of age (5.9 ± 0.40 kg initial BW), a total of 112 animals were allotted to completely randomize block design with four treatment and seven replications with four animals per experimental unit, in three subsequent periods: from 21 to 28 days (period 1), from 29 to 35days (period 2), from 36 to 42 days (period 3). The piglets were maintained […]

The present experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of the different levels of soybean oil on endogenous losses, apparent and true ileal digestibility of amino acids in growing pigs diets. Four isoprotein corn and soybean meal based diets meeting the nutritional requirements for this phase, supplemented with crescent levels of soybean oil, (0.0, 1.5, 3.0, and 4.5) were evaluated. Chromic oxide (0.25%) was added to serve as digestibility marker. Sixteen cannulated pigs (simple T-cannula), with weight of 48.0 ± […]

The objective of this study was to estimate heritability and genetic correlations for body weight at birth (BW), weaning (WW), twelve (W12) and eighteen (W18) months of age, weight gains from birth to weaning (DGBW) and from birth to eighteen months of age (DGB18), days to 175 kg from birth to weaning (D175 = 175/DGBW), days to 450 kg from birth to slaughter (D450 = 450/DGB18) and female mature body weight (ABW) using data from a herd of Canchim (5/8 […]

The objective of this study was to estimate heritability of scrotal circumference at 12 months of age (SC12), age (AFC) and weight (WFC) at first calving and genetic correlations between each of these traits and the following growth traits: weight at birth (BW), weaning (WW), twelve (W12) and eighteen (W18) months of age, weight gain from birth to weaning (DGBW) and from birth to eighteen (DGB18) months of age, days to 175 kg from birth to weaning (D175 = 175/DGBW) […]

This work aimed to evaluate the effect of the cutting height (10 cm and 20 cm) and cutting interval (30 days and 45 days) on the seed production of dallisgrass cultivated under field conditions. Plants were cut between September/2003 and June/2004, nine and six times, for the 30 d and 45 d cutting interval, respectively. Seed harvests were performed on 19/11/2004 (44 g of seeds/row) and 17/12/2004 (15.8 g of seeds/row). There was significant effect of the cutting management in […]