This study aimed to evaluate the chemical composition and fatty acid (FA) profile of chopped forage and silage of BRS Capiaçu elephant grass at four regrowth ages: 50, 70, 90 and 110 days. A randomized block design with five replications was used. The ensiling was carried out manually in experimental silos without wilting using no additives or bacterial inoculants. The results were analyzed using mixed models (...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the ruminal fermentation and degradation parameters, the kinetic flow of digesta in the gastrointestinal tract, and the milk fatty acid (FA) profile in Holstein x Gyr cows fed 59% sugarcane silage-based diets with 0% (control), 5%, 10% and 15% whole cottonseed (WCS) on a dry matter (DM) basis. Four rumen-cannulated cows with an average milk yield of 14.4±3.3 kg day-1 and 85...
Algumas características químico-bromatológicas inerentes às forrageiras tropicais comprometem o seu valor nutritivo e também contribuem para o baixo desempenho dos bovinos em regime de pastejo. Os ácidos p-cumárico e ferúlico, principais ácidos fenólicos presentes em plantas (lignina non-core), estão associados aos componentes da parede celular através de ligações éster ou éter, podendo influenciar negativament...
Elephantgrass has been a notable option as bioenergy plant. However, for its bioenergetic use, the quantification of genetic diversity based on biomass quality traits has not been commonly reported in the literature. The objective of this study was to quantify the genetic diversity among 100 accessions of the Active Elephantgrass Germplasm Bank (BAGCE), by means of morphological (flowering, height, vigor and st...
The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of citrus pulp addition and wilting on fermentative characteristics, chemical composition as well as gas and effluent losses of elephant grass silage. The elephant grass (70 growth days) was collected manually; one portion was immediately chopped and another one was allowed to wilt in the sun for a period of 6 h and subsequently chopped for the production of si...
Objetivou-se estudar os efeitos da proporção crescente de ácidos orgânicos na dieta sobre o desempenho e a incidência de diarréia em leitões no período de 21 a 49 dias de idade. Os tratamentos foram constituídos de uma dieta basal e três dietas suplementadas com 0,78; 0,84; e 0,90% (21 a 35 dias de idade) e 0,59; 0,63; e 0,66% (36 a 49 dias de idade) de ácidos orgânicos à base de ácido láctico. Avaliaram-se o c...
No presente estudo objetivou-se avaliar a degradação do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar (BCA) integral (BIN) ou hidrolisado (BH) pela microbiota ruminal de caprinos e ovinos de raças naturalizadas do Nordeste brasileiro e o potencial desses animais como fontes de microrganismos e/ou enzimas celulolíticas para degradação da fibra do BCA. Para hidrólise do BCA foi utilizada uma solução de NaOH a 50%, 30% na matéria seca...
The present study aimed to evaluate the production and milk composition of four multiparous Holstein-Zebu lactating cows average 70 days of lactation, 488 kg of body weight fed different levels of whole cottonseed will be added to sugarcane silage and concentrate consisting of corn and cottonseed meal. The treatments consisted of four diets with increasing levels of whole cottonseed (5, 10 and 15%) in the diet ...