Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Foram avaliados os efeitos da suplementação diária ou a cada três dias, com proteína ou proteína e amido, sobre o consumo, a digestão, a dinâmica ruminal, as características de excreção urinaria, o balanço de nitrogênio (N) e a função hepática de novilhas nelore alimentadas com forragem tropical de alta qualidade. Cinco novilhas (299 ±7,5 kg, Peso c...
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of protein and/or starch supplementation on the nutritional performance of cattle grazing on low-quality tropical forage. Five crossbred steers (Holstein × Gyr) with an average body weight (BW) of 397 kg that were fitted with ruminal and abomasal cannulae were used. The animals were kept in individual signal-grass (Bracharia decumbens) paddocks. Five treatm...
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with nitrogen and starch on the nutritional performance of grazing cattle during the rainy season. Five rumen cannulated Nellore steers, averaging 211 kg of body weight (BW), were used. Animals grazed on five signal grass paddocks. Five treatments were evaluated: control (forage only), ruminal supplementation with nitrogen at 1 g of crude...
There is little information in the tropics with regard the comparative understanding of how an increased nitrogen supply in the rumen or in the intestines affects efficiency of nitrogen utilization in cattle. This study evaluated the effects of supplementation with nitrogenous compounds in the rumen, abomasum, or both on intake, digestibility and the characteristics of nitrogen utilization in cattle fed tropica...
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; This work aimed to evaluate the effects of ruminal and/or abomasal protein supplementation in cattle fed tropical forages on nutritional variables, degradation of insoluble fiber, activity of fibrolytic enzymes and rumen bacterial communities profile. Two experiments were carried out sequentially, and in the same way, differing only on the forage qu...