This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of diets with different crude protein (CP) replacement levels of soybean meal (SBM) by canola meal (CM) on growing Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) performance and carcass characteristics. Eighty fishes (22.19 ± 0.29 g) were assigned to a block randomized design, with four treatments and five replications. The experimental diets were formulated with 0.00, 33.33, 66.67 and 100.00% levels of SBM protein replacement by the CM protein, corresponding to 0.00, 24.50, 49.00, […]

This experiment was undertaken to evaluate the effect of dietary tannin on growth performance and carcass composition of piauçu, for sixty days. Twenty one aquaria (80 L) were supplied with dechlorinated tap-water (1 L/min) in a closed system. Water quality was controled by biologic filter and heater. Fish, with inicial average weight 5.06 g, in a triplicate aquaria, were randomly assigned to each of 7 treatments. Experimental diets were formulated to contain approximately 3,200 kcal of digestible energy, 30% crude […]

This experiment was done at Hydrobiology and Pisciculture Section of the Dept of Animal Biology of the University Federal de Viçosa. Fingerlings of Hoplias lacerdae previously trained to accept artificial feed were selected for length and stocked in three tanks with 5000 liters each, until a biomass total of 36.72 g was reached. After 30 days the fishes were selected again for length and distribute into the same tanks, with density of 5 fishes/m², and left again for an additional […]

The objective of this research was to study the economic effect of fingerlings I common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) population stocked in high densities on winter time with artificial supplementation and chemical manuring. A completely randomized design with four treatments (5; 10; 15 and 20 peixes/m2) and nine replicates. The fishes were stoked with average weight of 0.48 g and length. and 3.15 cm respectively in all treatments with 45 days of age. The diets were formulated with 27% PB […]

This study was carried out to determine the apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of amino acids for corn, wheat bran, soybean meal and fish meal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), juveniles (25.24 ± 3.88 g), fed purified pelletized reference diet containing 33.78% crude protein and 0.10% of chromic oxide (indicator). The average ADC of amino acids were: 88.31; 77.40; 91.78 and 82.58% for corn, wheat meal, soybean meal and fish meal, respectively. Althought results suggest that the protein ADC value is […]

Six acclimatized incubators were initially installed in the Experimental Frog Farm of the Federal University of Viçosa and later in Experimental Frog Farm of the Federal University of Rio Grande, with the objective of accomplishing experiments to evaluate the effects of the environment on frogs performance in cages of fiber glass. Environments with temperatures of 25ºC and photoperiod of 12/12 hours of light/hours of darkness (h L/D) were available to frogs adaptation during 15 days before each experiment. The treatments […]

Milk yield adjusted for 305 days and for age of Holtein cows were used to verify the effectiveness of including sire-by-herd interaction in the model of analysis as an adjustment factor for heterogeneous variances between herds. The herds were classified in three classes of phenotypic standard deviation: high, medium and low. Variance component estimates were obtained by Restricted Maximum Likelihood methodology, for classes of phenotypic standard deviation, considering each one as a different trait, using a multiple trait analysis. Two […]

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different combination of levels of ammonia (0.0, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2% by weight of dry matter) and sodium sulphide (0.0, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1%) on chemical-bromatologic composition and “in vitro” dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) of coffee peel with 30% of moisture. The crude protein (CP) content increased due to the crescent levels of anhydrous ammonia. The nitrogen retention (NR) decreased as the ammonia and sulphide levels increased. The contents of insoluble nitrogen in […]

The genus Adesmia DC. has 17 species native to Brazil, distributed in the Southern states, whose importance is linked to its adaptation to the soils and climatic conditions of the region, besides being an active winter-growing species (temperate). This work aimed to compare the patterns of dry matter (DM) accumulation and nutritive value of A. latifolia, A. punctata and A. tristis, using Lotus corniculatus (birdsfoot trefoil) and L. uliginosus (big trefoil), as checks. The experiment was carried out in the […]

Chemical composition and the in vitro dry matter digestibility were evaluated in blades and stems at two stages of development and two insertion levels on tillers of signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens), molassesgrass (Melinis minutiflora) and tifton 85 bermudagrass (Cynodon sp), in two seasons of the year (summer and autumn). Lower and upper leaf blades were sampled from the tillers, on the day of ligule exposure and 20 days thereafter, and stems segments located below of the upper leaf blade. The crude […]