Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:43:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; This research aims to evaluate the effects of different types and strategies of environmental enrichment for weaned pigs on behavior. Forty weaned piglets aged 21 to 28 days were distributed in a completely randomized design in five treatments: without enrichment object, full-time cognitive enrichment, ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:45:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; This study aimed to assess the effects of environmental enrichment for pigs during transportation in different phases of their productive cycle. Two trials were conducted, the first during transportation of pigs from the piglet production unit (PPU) to the nursery (n = 250) and the second during the tra...
Two poultry houses were built on a small distorted scale and equipped with evaporative air conditioners. In one of the poultry houses, a cooling system was used to cool the water used in the evaporative system, while in the other, water in ambient conditions was used. Each poultry houses received 125 one-day-old Cobb chicks, which were raised up to 43 days old. During the period of the experiment, the environme...
This study aimed to evaluate the influence of homeopathic products in diets of quails in the egg quality when submitted to different storage periods. In the trial we used 200 Japanese quails in a completely randomized design with 4 diets: reference diet, vehicle used in homeopathic products and 2 homeopathic products - Fertsigo® and Ovosigo® with ten replicates of three eggs in each. Egg quality parameters were...
The inclusion of oregano essential oil, alone or associated with salinomycin, was evaluated as an alternative to zinc bacitracin on the performance of broiler chickens. This study used 600 male Cobb 500® day-old chicks, raised 42 days in boxes with rice hulls, provided with tubular feeders and nipple drinkers. The experimental design was completely randomized with six diets and 10 replications with 10 birds per...