Joelson Antonio Silva

Parâmetros sanguíneos de vacas leiteiras mantidas em pasto suplementadas com diferentes fontes proteicas

The present work aimed to evaluate the effect of supplementation with different protein sources in the diets for dairy cows kept on Brachiaria brizantha MG5 grass pasture on serum levels of the glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol and urea as well as on enzymes gama grutamil transferase, creatinine quinase and aminotransferase. We have evaluated the following protein sources: bean byproduct, soybean meal, sunflower meal and cottonseed meal. Eight crossbred cows (Holstein x Gir) were used, weighing 500±60.33 kg, average milk production of 14.85±3.28 kg/day, between the 60th and the 90th day of calving, by a simultaneous double 4 x 4 latin square design 4 x 4. Each experimental period lasted 15 days, of which the first 10 days were designed to animal adaptation and the final five days for data collection. There was an interaction effect (P 0.05) of protein sources for the triglycerides, cholesterol and urea levels, averaging 6.46±2.05, 182.43±37.52 and 38.20±12.29 mg/dL, respectively. There was a significant effect (P 0.05) serum enzyme levels of glutamine transferase, creatinine quinase and aminotransferase, averaging 26.76±8.02, 112.13±20.13 and 58.79±31.72 IU/L, respectively. The protein sources promoted changes on blood glucose with the sampling time, while sampling time altered triglycerides and urea levels. Changes to other blood metabolites were not observed.

Girassol (Helianthus annuus L.) e seus coprodutos na alimentação animal

The use of co-products of agro-industries in animal feed has already been done for many years. With the encouragement of domestic production of Biodiesel generation of these products had increased significantly, allowing its use in animal feed, by increasing the supply of meals or pies from the extraction of oil from oilseeds. Soybean meal is the main source of protein fed to ruminants and monogastric animals, but with increasing global demand for food high in protein, not competitive with human food, boosts the use of these co-products in animal feed, mainly for ruminants, due to its unique ability to transform non-digestible fibers by the human body, products of high biological value such as meat and milk. Among the crops used to produce Biodiesel, sunflower had a significant increase in production and productivity in recent years, thanks to its adaptability to various soil and climatic conditions. The co-products of sunflower have favorable nutritional characteristics of feed animals of zootechnical interest, minimizing production costs and maximizing production of meat and milk.

Characterisation of YBaCuO-PrBaCuO Multilayers Grown by Pulsed Injection MO-CVD

YBaCuO/PrBaCuO multilayers have been grown by a new Pulsed Injection MO-CVD method, based on microdroplets injection of the organic precursors The x-ray rocking curves show that the FWHM is about 0.6c, comparable to the values obtained for pure YBaCuO films. The RBS results show also a good cristallinity through the whole thickness. Critical currents, irreversibility lines and pinning energies are similar to those measured in multilayers obtained by other techniques.