ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the performance and ingestive behavior of growing goats grazing on Tanzania guinea grass and fed diets containing 40% carnauba or tucum fruits. Twenty-one male castrated goats were distributed into three groups, one exclusively on pasture and the other two on pasture and fed diet supplemented at the level of 1.5% body weight (BW) in a completely randomized design. The intake of the supplements was obtained by difference between the amount supplied and the leftovers, […]

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da inclusão da soja integral tostada (SIT) no concentrado suplementar de vacas da raça Holandesa em pastagem de coastcross. Foram utilizadas 12 vacas no início da lactação, divididas em dois grupos: A) as que receberam concentrado padrão (testemunha), contendo farelo de soja (23,5% PB e 80% NDT) e B) as que receberam concentrado com SIT (19,5% PB, 86% NDT). Nos dois tratamentos, foram fornecidos, diariamente, 9 kg de concentrado por vaca. Usou-se […]