Adigestibility assay was carried out to evaluate the nutritional value of hay from the upper third of cassava foliage, variety “Mantiqueira” (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) in sixteen rabbits of New Zeland White breed, eight males and eight females, with 50 days of age. A completely randomized design, with two treatments and eight replicates for treatment, was used. In the test diet, cassava foliage hay replaced 30% DM of the reference diet, containing 19.30% of crude protein, 12.86% of crude fiber and […]

Two hundred and forty male broilers, Hubbard strain, with average 689±5.27 g LW maintained, from 22 to 42 days of age under heat stress (31.9±0.29ºC) conditions were used. A completely randomized design, with five treatments (3000, 3075, 3150, 3225 and 3300 kcal metabolizable energy/kg of diet), six replicates and eight animals per experimental unit was used. The effects of different levels of metabolizable energy (ME) levels on the performance, carcass quality and physiological variables of broilers fed isoproteic diets, in […]

A performance trial was conducted to determinate the nutritional requirement of lysine for laying Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Two hundred and eighty eight Japanese quails with 51 old days, during four cycles of 21 days, were allotted to a completely randomized design, with six treatments and six replicates, and the experimental unit constituted by eight quails. One control diet, with appropriated levels of the crude protein and amino acids and others five diets, with increasing levels of lysine (.65, […]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the performance and nutrient digestibility (dry matter, organic matter and gross energy, and the metabolization coefficient of the gross energy) of triticale based diets. The treatments consisted in a corn and soybean meal based diet and three other ones with corn 33, 66 and 100% of substitution of corn by triticale. In the first experiment, 144 pigs in the growing phase (25.27-59.60 kg LW) were allotted to a randomized block design, with four treatments, […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the digestibility and total digestive nutrients (TDN) of poultry litter made from different types of absorbent materials. Twenty castrated sheeps of Morada Nova breed were allotted to metabolic cages and fitted with bag device for total feces collection. The experimental design was a randomized block with four treatments and five replicates. The treatments consisted in alternatives sources of poultry litter: A – wood shavings, B – elephant “Napier” grass, C – corncob with husks […]

To study the effect of age upon ovulatory and fertility traits, 147 cycles of 99 mares were grouped in different age classes (1 – 3-6 years; 2 – 7-10 years; 3 – 11-14 years, and 4 – 15-19 years), according to the year of birth. The mares were inseminated with diluted, cooled and transported semen of one stallion only, three times a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The follicular control, based on rectal palpation, and the teasing were conduced every […]

The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance up to 24 months of age of males from two breeding systems, straightbred (Charolais – C and Nellore – N) and crossbred (1/2 CN, 1/2 NC), submitted to two ages of weaning: T3-weaning at three months of age; T7-weaning at 7 months of age. The calves were maintained from birth to the weaning time with the cows on native pasture and, after weaning, both animals from T3 and T7 were […]

To evaluate the effect of previous days dry (PDD) and days open (DO) on milk (M305) and fat (F305) yield in 305 days and milk (MDAY) and fat (FDAY) yield per day of calving interval in Holstein cows, a data set contained 5,454 lactations from the Minas Gerais Holstein Cattle Breeders Association were analyzed. The model included effects of: nucleus (5), heard-year: nucleus, genetic group (1- 31/32 Holstein, 2- upgraded Holstein with known genealogy and 3- pure of origin Holstein), […]

To evaluate the effects of cytoplasm lineage (CL) the body weight (BW, n = 707) and greasy fleece weight (FW, n = 703) of females and fiber wool diameter (FD, n = 350 males) of males sheep from yearling Merino sheep were used. The pedigree information included 3,645 animals and an average of 10 generations. The Maximum Restricted Likelihood methodology and animal models that included the direct genetic, direct and CL effects, direct, maternal and CL effects and direct, maternal, […]

The objective of this work was to determine the multiplicative factors to estimate the milk production (DP) based on the morning (MM) or afternoon (AP) milk yield and their were obtained of 3,632 lactations from 2,143 cows of the Gir breed, daughters of 335 sires, from 1993 to 1996 records. The calving year (Y) lactation length – linear (LL), calving age – linear and quadratic (A) and a factor K (the possible double, triple and quadruple interactions among management level […]