An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of irrigation, followed by increasing levels of nitrogen and potassium (100-80; 200-160; 300-240; 400-320, respectively N and K2O), on the production and chemical composition of the leaf lamina at the elephantgrass. The experimental delineation was of blocks randomized with three repetitions for treatments irrigated and dry land. The low temperatures and the smallest light hours in the dry season determined the low plant forage growth, even with the irrigation. However, in […]

The preweaning weight gain rate of beef heifers and its effects on their subsequent performance as cows, was studied. The weight gain rates evaluated as heifer calves before weaning were low (below 350 g/day) and moderate (above 350 g/day). As cows and after calving, they were kept together with their calves until weaning on native (NP) or cultivated pasture (CP). The cows while heifers were weighted at birth and at weaning with seven months. As cows they were weighted with […]

The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of different feed restriction levels (0, 30 and 60%) on economical and productive performances of F1-Boer x Saanen goats. Twenty-one non-castrated goats with 15.44 ± 0.37 kg of mean live weight (LW) were used. When animals submitted to 0% of feed restriction reached 25 kg of LW they and their pair were slaughtered after 24 h of feed fasting and 16 h of water fasting. Economical analysis was performed considering […]

The trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of three levels of energy-protein supplementation with corn ground and soybean meal on grazing dairy heifers body development. Fifteen Jersey heifers, aged of 6 to 18 months and weighing 142,2 ± 7,8 kg, were used. Animals were kept under rotational grazing system and fixed stocking rate on a ryegrass and black oats pasture. Animals were classified by their initial body weight and randomly assigned to treatments according to a complete randomized block […]

This study aimed to evaluate carcass physical comp0sition, meat characteristics and live weight carcass no component of lambs slaughter at 28 kg under different feeding systems. Eighteen lambs (Ile de France X Texel) were randomly allotted, with their respective mothers, to three treatments: RP – ryegrass pasture (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), COM – confinament of lamb and sheep together and CCF – confinament with creep feeding. A private feeding by creep feeding system was offered for the lambs. There were no […]

The trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of energy supplementation with ground sorghum grain on grazing beef steers weight gain. Sixty five steers without definite breed, aging 12 to 15 months and weighing an average 140 kg of live weight were kept under set stocking on a natural pasture improved with Lotus subbiflorus. Treatments consisted of control or without supplement (T0); 0.75% of mean live weight (T0.75) and 1.5% of mean live weight (T1.75) of ground sorghum grain. Animals […]

Fourty beef cows (330 kg) were allotted to a completely randomized design, in a 2×2 factorial scheme (two supplementation levesl [0.5 and 1.0% LW] and two energy sources [whole oat grain and ground corn grain]) to evaluate perfomance of animal grazing Marandugrass (Brachiaria brizantha Hochst ex. A. Rich Stapf), during the dry season. Supplements were formulated to contain 15% of crude protein (CP). Average daily gain showed no difference among treatments (0.58 and 0.69 kg/d for oat, and 0.54 and […]

Fifty-six pigs (average initial weight of 28.47 kg) were assigned to a randomized blocks design, in a factorial scheme 4 x 2 (levels of dicalcium phosphate substitution x sex) with four repplicates for males and three for females, with two animals per experimental unit, to evaluate the effects of replacement levels of phosphate dicalcium by phosphate monodicalcium on the performance, blood and bone parameters of swine fed during the growing (30 to 60 kg) and finishing (60 to 90 kg) […]

An experiment was conduced to determine the crude protein (CP) level in diets with amino acids supplementation for gilts maintained in a thermal comfort environment. Fifty crossbreed crossbred gilts (Landrace x Large White) with initial average weight of 30.1 kg were allotted to a completely randomized experimental design, with five treatments (19, 18, 17, 16 and 15% of CP with supplementation of lysine, methionine, tryptophan, threonine and valine to maintain the same protein quality) five replicates and two animals per […]

This work was conducted to determine the N-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (EMAn) of different carbohydrate sources for broilers from 1 to 7 days, and to evaluate the utilization of these ingredients in the diet of newly hatched broilers based and on live performance and on the gastrointestinal tract (TGI) development. Total excreta collection method was used in trial one, with 220 male chicks from 4 to 7 days, allocated to batteries in a completely randomized design with five treatments (a […]