Raquel Melchior

Características de carcaça e da carne de suínos machos castrados e imunocastrados alimentados com diferentes níveis nutricionais

The study was carried out to evaluate the carcass characteristics and meat of surgically castrated and immunocastrated pigs fed with different nutritional levels. The animals were distribuited in a completely randomized experimental design with four main treatments (T1-surgically castrated pigs fed with basal diet; T2-immunocastrated pigs fed with basal diet; T3-immunocastrated pigs fed with basal diet+3% amino acids and energy; T4-immunocastrated pigs fed with basal diet+5% amino acids and energy) and two secondary treatments with or without ractopamine within each main treatment. The surgically castrated pigs had slaughter weight 3.3% lower (P<0.05), cold carcass weight 1.4% higher (P<0.05) and loin chop weight 13% higher (P<0.05) compared to immunocastred pigs. The immunocastrated pigs supplemented with 5% more amino acids and energy had rib 19% more heavier (P<0.05) and higher values (P<0.05) in the color b* (yellow-blue) in the meat to 45min and 24h post-slaughter compared with surgically castrated pigs fed with basal diet. Supplementation with 5% amino acids and energy increases weight and yield of rib and changes the value of color b* (yellow-blue) in the meat to 45min and 24h post-slaughter male pigs immunocastrated.

Alimentação de porcas lactantes com dietas contendo silagem de grãos úmidos de milho e ácido fumárico

The effect of lactation diets containing high moisture corn silage and fumaric acid was evaluated on the performance of lactating sows and their piglets. Twenty sows of commercial genetic lines were used in a randomized complete block experimental design with four treatments (basal diet - BD, elaborated each 24h; BD + 0.3% fumaric acid - FA; BD + 0.6% FA; and BD + 0.9% FA) and five replicates. Diets with fumaric acid were elaborated each 48 hours. The average daily feed intake of lactating sows was 7.42kg of natural matter and it was not affected (P>0.05) by treatments. The 0.9% fumaric acid addition in diets reduced in 6% (P 0.05) by treatments. The addition of fumaric acid in diets did not alter the performance of lactating sows and piglets. The addition of fumaric acid in lactation diets elaborated with high moisture corn silage increased the normal feces frequency in sucking piglets.