This work was carried out to study the effects of corn grain replacement with glycerin (812 g of glycerol per kg/DM) and vegetable oils (cashew and castor) on the carcass characteristics and meat quality of Purunã bulls finished in a feedlot. A total of 32 Purunã bulls (¼ Aberdeen Angus + ¼ Caracu + ¼ Charolaise + ¼ Canchim) with a mean age of 12 ± 2.0 months and a mean body weight 206.1 ± 20.0 kg were distribu...
One of the main methods to control the white spot of corn, chemical control with strobilurins and protective fungicides demonstrated an effect on the control of the disease, however, conditioned to the moment of its realization in phenological stages of the culture. The objective of this study was to evaluate the control and effect on the temporal progress of maize white spot with the association of the fungici...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T16:56:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-11-01; Twenty-seven animals (1/2Angus - 1/2 Nellore) were fed for four months with one of the following diets: without addition of essential oils (E0.0), with 3.5 (E3.5) or 7 (E7.0) g/animal/day of an essential oil blend (oregano, garlic, lemon, rosemary, thyme, eucalyptus and sweet orange). Chemical compositi...
Twenty-one crossbreeding heifers (½ Nelore vs ½ Aberdeen Angus) with about 307.90 kg of live weight and eighteen months of age were used in a complete randomized design with three treatments and seven repetitions. The treatments were: control heifers, ovariectomized animals and with fifty gunshot spheres in uterine corn. The heifers were fed with 50% of corn silage and 50% concentrated. The feed intake was abou...
The vast majority of livestock are fed ad libitum, with free access to feed during most of the time. In order to achieve efficient production, it is necessary to raise levels of voluntary feed intake – in general, the more the animal eats, the more it produces and the more efficient it becomes. Intake amounts are guided by nutritional requirements, and an approximate estimate of how much an animal will ingest c...