This study was developed to examine morpho-agronomic traits of 18 sunflower cultivars and identify superior cultivars in terms of grain yield, forage quality, or both, for animal feeding. Twenty-two morpho-agronomic traits related to plant development and architecture; earliness of maturity; grain yield (achenes); dry matter yield; and dry matter content were evaluated. Cultivars Hélio 253, Hélio 358,...
A casca de pequi é um resíduo do processamento do fruto, encontrado em grande volume nas regiões do cerrado brasileiro, que pode constituir uma alternativa para a alimentação de ruminantes. Avaliou-se a cinética da degradação ruminal da matéria seca (MS), proteína bruta (PB) e fibra em detergente neutro (FDN) do farelo da casca de pequi (FCP) e de dietas contendo diferentes níveis do resíduo em substituição ao ...
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...
Effects of nitrogen supplementation associated with different levels of starch on voluntary intake, digestibility, and rumen and metabolic characteristics of cattle fed low-quality tropical forage (Brachiaria decumbens hay, 7.4% crude protein, CP) were evaluated using ruminal and abomasal cannulated steers.Five European×Zebu young bulls (186 kg body weight, BW) were distributed according to a 5×5 Latin square. ...
O estudo foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos de época do ano, método de refrigeração, tipo de transporte e numero de ordenhas sobre a qualidade do leite produzido por membros de uma associação de produtores em Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. Foram coletadas, nos anos de 2009 e 2010, amostras mensais do leite de cada propriedade, para que fossem analisados os teores de gordura (GOR), proteína (PRO), e...
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Foram realizados dois experimentos objetivando avaliar o desempenho nutricional e as características metabólicas em bovinos de corte alimentados com forragens tropicais. Os experimentos diferiram apenas em relação à qualidade dos fenos de capim braquiária (Brachiaria decumbens) ofertados, sendo de baixa qualidade (47,2 g de proteína bruta/kg de maté...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with nitrogenous compounds in the rumen and, or in the abomasum on intake, digestibility, rumen dynamics of fibrous compounds and on the parameters of nitrogenous compounds metabolism in cattle fed tropical forage. The experiment was carried out from June 2010 to February 2011. ...
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