Ana Paula Cardoso Gomide

Lisina digestível para suínos machos castrados submetidos a estresse por calor dos 95 aos 115 kg

With the objective of evaluated different digestible lysine levels 35 castrated male pigs with initial weight of 95.6 ± 1.1kg and housed in bioclimatic rooms regulated at 32oC were distributed in experimental design of randomized blocks into of five digestible lysine levels (0.66; 0.78; 0.90; 1.02 and 1.14%), seven replications and one pig per experimental unit. The supply of feed was realized twice per day and restricted by lesser feed intake within each repetition. The final body weight, average daily feed intake, backfat thickness, muscle depth rate, longissimus dorsi muscle area and carcass meat percentage were not affecteed by digestible lysine levels. There was quadratic trend on average weight gain (P=0.08) and this way, the feed conversion showed a quadratic effect (P=0.05), which estimated digestible lysine levels of 0.98 and 0.99%, corresponding at estimated intake of 23.04 and 26.21g/day of digestible lysine, respectively. The digestible lysine levels also showed quadratic effect on the weight and yield of carcass, which were estimated in 0.95 and 0.86% of digestible lysine, respectively. There was linear decrease in small intestine relative weight. The digestible lysine level for finishing phase barrows and housed under heat stress is 0.98%.

Substituição de milho por glicerina bruta em dietas para suínos em terminação

We evaluated the effect of replacing corn with crude glycerin in diets for finishing pigs. We used 80 pigs, steers, commercial hybrids, with an average weight of 67kg, in an experiment with a completely randomized design with five treatments and eight replicates of two animals per experimental unit. The treatments were 0.0, 4.0, 8.0, 12.0, and 16.0% crude glycerin as a replacement for maize in diets. The substitution of corn with crude glycerin did not affect performance characteristics (P>0.05). We observed an increasing linear effect of the treatment (P<0.05) on backfat thickness and decreasing linear effect of the treatment (P<0.05) on the loss of fluid in the thawing and shearing force. The crude glycerin can replace up to 16.0% of the corn diet for finishing pigs without loss of performance and carcass yield, with improvements in meat quality.

Zeólita na dieta de bovinos de corte

We evaluated the effect of the inclusion of zeolite in the diet of beef cattle on the ruminal digestibility, total and partial production of nitrogen, microbial efficiency and blood characteristics. Treatments based on the dietary dry matter (DM) were: 0%, 0.75%, 1.5%, 2.25% and 3.0% of zeolite. We used five crossbred steers fistulated in the rumen and abomasum, fed corn silage and concentrate, representing 65% forage and 35% concentrate. The design was a 5x5 latin square with five periods of 15 days. The animals received 15g of titanium dioxide (TiO2) from the third to the 12th day of each period. A significant effect (P<0.05) on the daily consumption (kg/day) of crude protein (CP) was observed (P<0.05) for DM intake and neutral detergent fiber corrected for ash and protein (NDFap) expressed in g/kg. The total digestibility of total digestible nutrients (TDN) was influenced by treatments (P<0.05). Ruminal digestibility of non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC) was affected quadratically (P<0.05) as well as intestinal CP and NFC. Intake and fecal excretion of nitrogen (g/day) were affected linearly (P<0.05) by adding zeolite. It was concluded that the addition of zeolite in the diet, while increasing the intake of DM and NDF, did not improve the use of urea in the diet of beef cattle.