The kinetics of gas production and in vitro ruminal degradation of diets contained replacement of soybean meal (SBM) by detoxicated castorbean meal (DCBM) (0, 15, 30 and 45% of substitution) were evaluated in this study. Values of gas production of non-fibrous carbohydrates (Vf1), fibrous carbohydrates (Vf2) and total carbohydrates (V) showed quadratic behavior, and by observation of equations can be obtained i...
Two trials were conducted to evaluate how calcium oxide (CaO) as an additive in sugar cane silage affects animal performance and diet digestibility. Experiment 1 included 35 crossbred steers (Holstein × Nellore) with an average body weight (BW) of 350 ± 18.3 kg, which were distributed across a randomized block design with five treatments and seven replicates. The five treatments consisted of sugar cane ensiled ...