The aim of this study was to determine the dietary protein requirement and associated energy to protein (E/P) ratio for “Piracanjuba”, Brycon orbignyanus, fingerlings. Casein-gelatin semipurified diets were formulated to contain six crude protein (CP) concentrations: 24, 26, 29, 32, 36 e 42% at one energy level, 3,000 kcal metabolizable energy (ME)/kg. These diets resulted in E/P ratios of 12.3, 11.6, 10.4, 9.2, 8.5 and 7.1 kcal ME/g CP, respectively. The protein, lipid and digestible carbohydrate sources were casein/gelatin, cod […]

The aims of this research were to estimate the influence of age of dam at calving (AC), and julian date of birth (JDB) on weaning weight (WW) and preweaning average daily gain (ADG) of gyr calves and adjustment factors for them. It was analyzed 10,685 and 18,339 records, on WW and ADG of Gyr calves, from the Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Zebu data set belonging to 1229 and 1979 contemporary groups (CG), respectively. AC, for males, was fitted as […]

An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of metabolizable lysine (LM) and metabolizable energy (EM) on uni and multivariable of performance and carcasses of broilers, maintaining the ideal protein balance. Were used 2808 male chicks from a commercial line from 1 to 21 days and allotted to 104 pens. The treatments resulted from a factorial arrangement of three ME levels (3,000, 3,100 and 3,200 kcal/kg) and four LM levels (0.92, 1.02, 1.12 and 1.22%) plus another treatment on […]

This study was run to evaluate the physiological response and expression of hepatic and brain Hsp70, of 20 Naked neck (Na/na) and Hubbard-Petersen broiler chicks (2 to 5 days of age), exposed or not to 36-37°C. The trial was conducted during four days and the birds were exposed to high temperature during 5 hours. Liver and brain tissue samples were collected at the end of the stress period and analyzed for Western Blotting for determination of Hsp70 level. No association […]

Fifty crossbreed gilts (Landrace, Large White and Pietrain) with 136.34±16.05 and 220 days of average weight and age, respectively, were used to evaluate diets with different crude protein levels, at the gestation period. A complete randomized blocks design, with five treatments, ten replicates and one animal per experimental unit, was used. The treatments corresponded to the diets with 10.0, 11.5, 13.0, 14.5 and 16.0% of crude protein. The weight gains of the gilts at the 90 days of the gestation […]

A trial was carried out to determine lysine requirements for castrated males during finishing phase of two genetic swine groups, based on the ideal protein concept. Sixteen animals from genetic common group (GCG) were used and another sixteen, from the genetic improved group (GIG) were allotted to four treatments. The treatment consisted on a basal diets, based on corn and soybean meal containing 0.60% of lysine and other three diet, adding increasing lysine levels to achieve 0.75, 0.90 and 1.05% […]

Seventy two piglets weaned at 21 days of age with live weight of 5.01 ± 0.90 kg were allotted to a randomized block design, replicated six times with four animals per experimental unit. The treatments were constituted of diets with the following protein sources: soybean meal, macerated full fat soybean and micronized soybean. The diets were fed from weaning to 42 days (initial-1 phase) and from 43 to 56 days of age (initial-2 phase). The residual effects of the treatments […]

Thirty pregnant Canchim cows were maintained in a rotational grazing system of Marandu grass and received supplemental feed to body weight maintenance during the dry season. With the aim to evaluate the Agricultural and Food Research Council recommendations about supplying dietary substrate to ruminal microbial growth, the animals were allotted to a completely randomized design (3 treatments x 10 replications), according to the following treatments: control (without restriction of microbial requirements of degradable protein and fermentable energy); restriction of microbial […]

The carcass quantitative characteristics of feedlot finished Red Angus steers, with initial age of eight months and 189 kg, slaughtered with 340, 370, 400 or 430 kg (SW), were evaluated. The number of days to reach the respective weight was 114, 144, 173 and 213 days. The diet contained 13.13% crude protein, 2.7 Mcal digestible energy/kg DM and a roughage:concentrate ratio of 56:44. Carcass dressing percentage and conformation were not affected by the slaughter weight. The saw cut weight although […]

The feedlot performance of Red Angus steers, with initial age of eight months and 189 kg of initial live weight, fed to reach the slaughter weight (SW) of 340, 370, 400 or 430 kg, was evaluated. The number of days to reach the respective weight was 114, 144, 168 and 209 days, with 12, 13, 14 and 15 months of age. The animals were fed with a 13.13% crude protein diet, and roughage:concentrate ratio of 56:44. The average daily gain […]