This paper aimed to evaluate the effect of inclusion of cassava leaf protein concentrate (CLPC) in Nile tilapia diets during sex reversal phase. During the experiment, which lasted for 28 days, 300 tilapia larvae at 7 days of age were distributed into 20 aquarium tanks with 30 L of water capacity in a complete randomized design, with 5 levels of cassava leaf protein concentrate (0; 5; 10; 15; and 20%), each one with four replicates. One aquarium with 15 larvae […]

This work was carried out to evaluate levels of L-glutamine and L-glutamate in diets for Nile tilapia juveniles (0.60 ± 0.1 g). A complete randomized experimental design with four diets and three replicates and 90 fish per experimental unit was used. It was used a control diet with 29% of digestible protein and 2,940 kcal/kg of digestible energy supplemented with L-glutamine and L-glutamate at the proportion of 0, 1, 2 and 3% of diet, during 85 days. It was not […]

It was determined, in this work, the nutritional value of four energetic feeds (corn meal, sorghum, whole rice bran, and ground rice) for surubim juveniles. Apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and gross energy (GE) were evaluated by food replacement methodology in a reference-feeding using 0.1% of chromic oxide as an external marker. It was used 240 fingerlings with an average weight of 30 g distributed in tanks fitted for faeces collection. A complete random design […]

The objective of the present study was to compare the effect of different dosages of equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) on the follicular dynamics and hormonal concentrations in Alpine goats. During the breeding season, the goats were submitted to estrous and ovulation synchronization with a device containing progesterone for 14 days. Female goats (n=24) were divided at random into four groups of 6 animals each. On the day of dispositive removal, the animals received 0 (Control), 200, 300 and 400 UI […]

An experiment was carried out to verify the effect of levels of phosphorus and the particle size of dicalcium phosphate on diets for brown egg layer hens during production phase. A complete randomized experimental design as a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement, with two sizes of particles of phosphate (fine and granulate) and three levels of available phosphorus (0.28, 0.38 and 0.48%), totalizing six treatements with five replications of eight birds each, was used. The experimental diets were isoproteic, isocaloric, […]

The objective of this work was to determine digestible sulfurous amino acids levels to establish the ideal methionine+cystine:lysine relationships in meals of light-weight laying hens in the period from 24 to 40 weeks of age. It was used 216 Hy-Line W36 birds distributed in a randomized block design with 6 levels each one with 6 repetitions and 6 birds per experimental unit. The digestible sulfurous amino acids levels were obtained from a basal diet with low levels of digestible metionin+cistine […]

Two experiments using Cobb broiler chicks from 8 to 35 days of age were carried out to evaluate the effect of reducing levels of calcium and available phosphorus in diets supplemented with 500 ftu phytase/kg on the performance of the birds, the content of ashes in the tibia, the metabolizable energy of the diet, and the metabolizability of the dry matter and crude protein. It was used 1,404 broiler chicks in the experiment 1 to evaluate feed intake, weight gain, […]

The objective in this work was to determine the nutritive value of high and low tannin high-moisture sorghum grain silage in horse feeding by means of digestibility. A total of eight crossbred geldings at the age of six years and an average body weight of 330 kg were used in a complete randomized design with samples replicated on the same animals. The test-diets consisted of the ensiled high and low tannin sorghum grains replacing 30% of the dry matter of […]

It was carried out two assays with the purpose of evaluating the mobile nylon bag technique and the method of total feces collection method in the estimative of the apparent digestibility of starch and other nutrients in high moisture sorghum grain silages in horses. Four adult horses of mixed origin at the age of 7 years and average body weight of 330 kg were used. In the first assay, the digestibility of the nutrients in the silage of high moisture […]

This experiment was carried out to determine the values of the real digestibility coefficients of amino acids by using the method of “forced feed” with cecectomized roosters. The studied food were the following: rice bran, whole rice meal, corn, sorghum, wheat bran, soybean meal, cotton meal 28%, cotton meal 38%, yeast sugar cane 43% and yeast sugar cane 40%. The mean values of real digestibility coefficients of essential and non-essential amino acids were, in percentage, the following: for rice bran, […]