Thirty three lambs of Bergamácia and Santa Inês the breeds were individually confined for a period of 75 days with the objective to evaluate the influence of breed and the viability of the use of swine wastes as part of the diet on the intake and performance of lambs. Two types of wastes were used: Bijú (Wastes obtained through the scratching and sweeping of the floor of the growth and termination stalls) and the Dry Sifted Wastes – DSW (Wastes […]

The experiment was carried out at Sheep Production Department, Universidade de Marília-SP, to evaluate the effect of energy levels (2.6, 2.8 and 3.0 Mcal ME/kg DM) on objective measures of carcasses and loin, cuts weight and yield and tissue composition and muscularity of carcasses of lambs under creep feeding. Isoprotein rations (18.50 %CP) were fed ad libitum, twice a day. Lambs stayed with their dams until slaughter weight ( 31 kg). After, lambs were fasted, when slaughter live weight was […]

The experiment was carried out at Sheep Production Department, Universidade de Marília-SP, to evaluate the effect of rations with three energy levels fed to Suffolk lambs grown in creep feeding, on performance and carcass traits. At birth, lambs were identified, weighed and, then, randomly allotted to the treatments, with 12 replications for different energy levels. Lambs fed isoproteins rations ad libitum, twice a day, and orts were daily recorded. Lambs were weighed at each 14 days and stayed with their […]

The effect of halothane genotypes (heterozygous and dominant homozygous) and intensive rearing systems (indoor, wood shavings bedding and outdoor) on pork quality were determinated. Ninety six castrated male pigs were used for the trial. Identification of the halothane genotype was determined in blood samples using the DNA-test, based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the critical region of the ryanodine receptor and subsequent restricion of the amplifield fragment by the restriction fragment lengh polymorfism (RFLP) technique. The pH […]

The experiment was carried out with the objective of evaluating the ileal endogenous losses of amino acids in function of different fiber levels inclusion in a free protein diet. Were used eight crossbreed swine, castrated males, averaging 50.17 ± 4.10 kg initial weight, submitted previously to the simple T canula surgery implantation, allotted to a randomized blocks design, with four treatments, four replicates and one animal per experimental unit. The treatments consisted in a free protein diet with four levels […]

This experiment was designed to adjust the biomathematical models of the phosphorus (P) flow between the physiologic or anatomical compartments of horses and to evaluate the P absorption and availability in horses, fed diets with different P levels from dicalcium phosphate. The model, deterministic and compartimental, was adapted of Aubert and Milhaud, in which the digestive tract and the bone and soft tissues represented the compartments in bi-directional flow with the blood. The informations on metabolism and kinetic of P […]

The experiment was designed to study the phosphorus (P) flow between the physiologic or anatomical compartments of horses and to evaluate the P absorption and availability in horse diets. The experimental treatments were constituted by different sources of phosphate: “Tapira”, “Patos de Minas”, dicalcium and bone flour. The model, deterministic and compartmental, was adapted from Aubert and Milhaud model, in which the digestive tract and the bone and soft tissues represented the compartments in bi-directional flow with the blood. The […]

Ninety and six crossbred gilts with high genetic potential for lean meat gain, with average initial weight of 65.93 ± 2.78 kg and final weight of 105.50 ± 2.18 kg, were used to evaluate the effect of nutrition plans, based on the effects of lysine levels on the carcass traits of gilts in the finishing phase. A randomized block design, with four treatments, 12 replicates and two animals per box, used as experimental unit, was used. The treatments were constituted […]

A trial was carried to verify the effect of increasing levels (0, 10, 20, 30 and 40%) of canola meal in diets of broiler chickens, on performance and mucous morphology, during the starting period (1 – 21 days). 1,000 male chicks one-day-old were used, distributed in a randomized experimental assay, with five treatments, four replicates and 50 birds per experimental unit. At the 1st, 21st and 41st days, the birds and the rations were weighed and at the 21st day […]

The objective of the present study were evaluated the performance, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the carcass in growing rabbits feeding with diets contents different starch levels (22 or 32% on average) by high or low inclusion of corn grain and different fiber sources (alfalfa hay or soybean hulls), in 2×2 factorial design. The experimental diets were pellets and fed ad libitum during 40 days to 40 rabbits weaned at 35 days, housed individually and assigned to a complete randomized […]