Antonio João Lourenço

Recria de bovinos nelore em pastos de Brachiaria brizantha com suplementação protéica ou com acesso a banco de proteína de Leucaena lecocephala: desempenho animal

The performance of 192 weaned Nelore steers grazing on Brachiaria brizantha pastures(Teste), or supplemented during the dry season (Seca), all year around (Ano) or with free access to a leucaena bank (Banco), was evaluated in a random block design with four replications. The dry season supplement had 46.9% CP, 70% rumen degradable, and the wet season supplement, 43.9% CP, 60% degradable. During the dry season, the animals of Ano and Seca showed higher gains than Banco and Teste (.534 and .486 vs .277 and .201 kg/day, respectively). In the wet season animals on Ano and Bank had higher gains than Seca and Teste (.782 and .741 vs .584 and .645 kg/day). The live weight gain per unit of area showed the same behavior of daily gain. Supplements with escape protein or access to a leucaena bank during the wet season showed an efficient alternative.The performance of 192 weaned Nelore steers grazing on Brachiaria brizantha pastures(Teste), or supplemented during the dry season (Seca), all year around (Ano) or with free access to a leucaena bank (Banco), was evaluated in a random block design with four replications. The dry season supplement had 46.9% CP, 70% rumen degradable, and the wet season supplement, 43.9% CP, 60% degradable. During the dry season, the animals of Ano and Seca showed higher gains than Banco and Teste (.534 and .486 vs .277 and .201 kg/day, respectively). In the wet season animals on Ano and Bank had higher gains than Seca and Teste (.782 and .741 vs .584 and .645 kg/day). The live weight gain per unit of area showed the same behavior of daily gain. Supplements with escape protein or access to a leucaena bank during the wet season showed an efficient alternative.

Recria de bovinos Nelore em pastos de Brachiaria brizantha com suplementação protéica ou com acesso a banco de proteína de Leucaena lecocephala: características de fermentação ruminal

The rumen fermentative characteristics of Nelore steers grazing Brachiaria Brizantha pastures (Teste), or supplemented during the dry season (Seca), dry and wet seasons (Ano) or with free access to a Leucaena bank (Banco), in a randomized block design with four replications, were evaluated. The dry season supplement had 46.9% CP, 70% rumen degradable, and the wet season supplement, 43.9%CP, 60% degradable. Rumen liquor was collected on August, November, February and May. The molar proportions of propionic acid in the supplemented animals were higher in August in the Ano and Seca treatment, and in the others periods animals in the treatment Ano had greater proportions. Similarly, the acetate:propianate ratio was lower in the supplemented treatments in all periods. The values of N-NH3 showed an interaction between period and treatment, with the animals receiving proteic supplement showing higher values in August (Ano and Seca), February and May (Ano. Urea nitrogen showed an interaction between period and treatment, with supplemented animals showing higher values in August (Ano and Seca), February and May (Ano) than the other treatments, and in November the Ano treatment was higher than Teste only.