Vanessa Pillon dos Santos

Aditivos químicos ou biológicos na ensilagem de cana-de-açúcar: 2. parâmetros ruminais e degradabilidade da matéria seca e das frações fibrosas

The objective was to evaluate the addition of additives in the ensiling of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) on the degradation of DM and components of cellular wall and on ruminal fermentation parameters in bovines fed with diets containing these silages. Five rumen-cannulated Nelore steers were allotted to a 5 x 5 latin square design. The steers were placed in metabolic cages and fed diets with 65% forage (%DM). Five silages were evaluated (wet basis): Control sugar cane, no additives; Urea sugar cane + 0.5% of urea; Benzoate sugar cane + 0.1% of sodium benzoate; LP - sugar cane inoculated with Lactobacillus plantarum (1 x 106 cfu/g forage); LB sugar cane inoculated with L. buchneri (3.6 x 105 cfu/g forage). During 90 days, before the animal feeding, the forage was stocked in vertical silos.Ruminal parameters were slightly affected by the silages and a strong effect of sampling time. Averages of molar concentration of acetic, propionic and butyric acids were 60.9, 19.3, and 10.2 mM, respectively. Ruminal environment proportionate by the formulated diets with sugar cane sugar silages was satisfactory and similar to traditionally observed in diets containing sugar cane. The additive used in the ensiling influenced, in a no-significant form, the ruminal degradability of DM an OM, but it did not alter the ruminal degradability of the fiber fraction. The additives applied to the sugar cane resulted in slightly alterations? for most evaluated variable. Although the ruminal degradability of silages was little affected by the additive use, the observed values were similar to the observed for the sugar cane in natura.

Efeito da adição de butirato de sódio, propionato de cálcio ou monensina sódica no concentrado inicial sobre parâmetros ruminais e de desenvolvimento do rúmen de bezerros leiteiros

O objetivo neste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da inclusao de butirato de sodio, monensina sodica ou propionato de calcio no concentrado inicial sobre parâmetros ruminais e de desenvolvimento do trato digestorio superior de bezerros leiteiros. Quinze bezerros holandeses recem-nascidos foram fistulados no rumen e alojados em baias individuais ate a decima semana de vida, com livre acesso a agua, alimentados com leite (4 L/dia), em duas refeicoes, e concentrado a vontade contendo butirato de sodio (0,15%), monensina sodica (30 ppm) ou propionato de calcio (0,15%). A partir da quarta semana de vida dos animais, antes e 2 horas apos a alimentacao da manha, foram realizadas colheitas semanais de fluido ruminal para determinacao do pH, da concentracao de acidos graxos de cadeia curta (AGCC) e N-amoniacal. Ao completar 10 semanas, os animais foram abatidos para avaliacao do crescimento do trato digestorio superior. O pH ruminal apresentou diferencas, tanto entre horarios quanto entre os aditivos utilizados no concentrado inicial. As concentracoes de AGCC totais, bem como de cada acido graxo, nao foram afetadas pelos aditivos. Entretanto, o horario de colheita teve efeito sobre todos os parâmetros, exceto a concentracao molar de acido acetico. O peso total do trato digestorio superior, assim como o peso medio de cada compartimento e a capacidade maxima do reticulo-rumen, nao foram afetados pelos aditivos fornecidos no concentrado. Tambem nao foram observados efeitos dos aditivos sobre a altura, a largura e o numero de papilas do epitelio ruminal. A inclusao desses aditivos no concentrado inicial nao afeta os parâmetros ruminais ou de desenvolvimento do trato digestorio de bezerros em aleitamento.

Valor nutritivo e estudo cinético do trato digestivo de dietas contendo grãos secos ou ensilados de sorgo de baixo e alto tanino para eqüinos

Four crosbred mares averaging six years and 400 kg BW were allotted to latin square design. The objective was to evaluate the nutritive values and kinetics of digestive tract of dry grains or high-moisture grains silage of sorghum with low and high tannin in the feeding of equines. The treatments consisted of diets containing two hybrids of sorghum grains (low and high tannin) and to methods of conservation (dry an ensiled). Diets were formulated to be isoprotein (12.4% CP) with daily DM intake established in 1.5% BW (hay to concentrate ratio of 50:50). The parameters of gastrointestinal transit were: k1 (passage rate in the large intestine); k2 (passage rate in the stomach); TT (transit time); MRT (mean retention time) and TMRT (mean total retention time). No effect treatment was observed for aCD of DM and starch, whose means values were 54.04 and 98.91%, respectively. A benefic effect of the ensiling of high tannin and high-moisture sorghum grains on digestibility of CP and NDF. The aCD of CP and NDF for diets containing high tannin and dry grains of sorghum was of 49.76% and 32.20% and for diets containing of low tannin sorghum grains (dry and ensiled) and high tannin and high-moisture sorghum grains was of 65.63 and 43.32%, respectively. There was effect only of the conservation method of the sorghum grains (dry versus ensiled) on the TMR, where the value for the diets with silages of high-moisture grains and dry grains was, respectively, of 40.08 and 37.9h. In conclusion, high tannin sorghum dry grains should not be used as the main grain in energetic concentrates for horses, because they reduced the digestion of protein and fiber.

Trânsito gastrintestinal e digestibilidade aparente de nutrientes em eqüinos alimentados com dietas contendo grãos secos ou silagem de grãos úmidos de triticale

Five crossbred mares (averaging six years and 480 kg BW) were allotted to latin square experimental design. The objective was to evaluate the utilization of diets containing triticale grains (dry or ensiled) in substitution of corn in the feeding of equine feeding, using assay of gastrointestinal transit and digestibility. The treatments consisted of three levels of triticale grains in substitution of corn grains (0, 50 and 100%), and two conservation forms of triticale grains (dry or ensiled). The diets were isoproteic (12.5% CP), with aDM intake by the animals of 2,0% BW (forage to concentrate 50:50). The apparent coefficients of digestibility (aCD) of the DM, OM, CP and NDF were determined by indirect method. The parameters of the gastrointestinal transit were: k1 (passage rate in the large intestine); k2 (passage rate in the stomach); TT (transit time); TMR (mean time retention) and TMRT (mean total retention time). No difference was observed for aCD of DM, OM, CP and NDF among the experimental diets, with means values of 64.31, 65.14, 74.13 and 57.25%, respectively. Considering the kinetics of the solid and liquid phases, it was found effect only to the k2 for the solid phase of digesta, whose values in the diets containing 100% triticale (dry or ensiled) was of 19.63%/h and the control diet of 23.72%/h. An increasing linear effect was observed for TT in the solid phase of digesta, as the levels of substitution of corn grain by ensiled triticale grain increased. In conclusion, the concentrates for equines may be formulated with dry or ensiled triticale grains in total substitution of corn grains. The inclusion of the triticale grains in the equine feeding promoted slow transit of the digesta.

Parâmetros sanguíneos de cavalos alimentados com concentrados lipídicos submetidos a treinos aeróbicos montados

The feeding diets were evaluated containing low and high levels of soybean oil for athlete horses submitted to two rider aerobic training intensities, on the metabolic response of the blood biochemical parameters (triglyceride, total cholesterol, glucose and lactate) of importance to sports performance. Four horses were used in latin square design with treatments in a 2x2 factorial arrangement (two levels of soybean oil and two aerobic training intensities rider). Treatments consisted of levels of 5 and 15% soybean oil concentrates and two aerobic training intensities, 40 and 60 minutes. Blood samples were collected after the last workout, 40 or 60 min in each experimental period. Plasmatic parameters were monitored, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), glucose (GLU) and lactate (LAC) after exercise. There was a reduction in TG (P 0.05) of treatment on GLU. It can be concluded that the offer of concentrate with high content of soybean oil, should be associated with higher intensity aerobic training for athletic equine.