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No. of bitstreams: 2 bernardo_murta_salomao.pdf: 765787 bytes, checksum: 15feb0d656e2880a46734eb591340e74 (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Instituto Nacional de Ci?ncia e Tecnologia de Ci?ncia Animal (INCT-CA) / Foram avaliados o consumo, as digestibilidades totais e ruminais e as taxas de digest?o (kd) e de passagem (kp) ruminal dos nutrientes de dietas constitu?das de cana-de-a??car in natura e diferentes n?veis de concentrado, bem como o pH e a concentra??o de am?nia ruminal e a efici?ncia microbiana. Foram utilizados cinco bovinos mesti?os Holand?s-Zebu, machos castrados, fistulados no r?men, com peso corporal (PC) m?dio inicial de 300 ? 50 kg, distribu?dos em delineamento experimental em quadrado latino 5 x 5 balanceado para efeito residual. O experimento foi constitu?do de cinco per?odos experimentais, com dura??o de dezesseis dias cada um, sendo oito dias destinados ? adapta??o dos animais ?s dietas e os outros oito para a realiza??o das coletas. As dietas experimentais foram constitu?das de: 1) 100% cana-de-a??car in natura (CA); 2) 80% de CA + 20% de concentrado (C); 3) 60% de CA + 40% de C; 4) 40% de CA + 60% de C e 5) 20% de CA + 80% de C. A cana-de-a??car foi corrigida com ureia/sulfato de am?nio (ureia/SA), na propor??o de 9:1, sendo as dietas isoproteicas (aproximadamente 12% de PB na base da MS). Os dados foram analisados utilizando o procedimento MIXED do SAS (vers?o 9.1), utilizando-se an?lise de regress?o e 5% como n?vel cr?tico de probabilidade para o erro tipo I. O consumo de mat?ria seca (MS), expresso em kg/dia ou g/kg de peso corporal foi influenciado (P<0,05) pelos n?veis de concentrado, estimando-se consumo m?ximo com 63,61 e 75,04%, respectivamente. Os demais consumos calculados em kg/dia tamb?m foram influenciados (P<0,05) pelos n?veis de concentrado, estimando-se consumos m?ximos com 63,21; 63,78; 53,14; 64,31; 32,49; 88,47 e 55,46% de concentrado na dieta, para MO, PB, FDNcp, NDT, FDNi, FDNcpD e CNF, respectivamente. O ponto de m?ximo para as vari?veis expressas em g/kg de peso corporal foi obtido com 56,94; 33,25 e 63,93% de concentrado para FDNcp, FDNi e NDT, respectivamente. O Pool (kg/dia) foi aumentado linearmente ? medida que se elevou os n?veis de concentrado para MS, PB, MO e CNF. Comportamento similar foi observado para ki (h-1) da MS, PB, MO, FDNcp e CNF. As taxas de digest?o (kd h-1) da MS, MO e FDNcp e a taxa de passagem (kp h-1) da PB, aumentaram linearmente com a eleva??o dos n?veis de concentrado na dieta. Estimaram-se m?ximos fluxos omasais (kg/dia) com 52,22; 51,78; 80,83 e 31,45% de concentrado na dieta, respectivamente, para MS, MO, CNF e FDNi. As digestibilidades aparentes (DA) da MS, EE e CNF tamb?m foram influenciadas pelos n?veis de concentrado na dieta. As digestibilidades ruminais da MS e FDN aumentaram linearmente (P<0,05) com a adi??o de n?veis crescentes de concentrado . A efici?ncia microbiana calculada a partir dos derivados de purina na urina n?o foi influenciada (P>0,05) pelos n?veis de concentrado na dieta. Houve intera??o entre tempo e tratamento para o pH ruminal. Para cada tratamento, os valores de pH no l?quido ruminal apresentaram comportamento quadr?tico em fun??o do tempo, estimando-se valores m?nimos de 6,83; 6,78; 6,55; 6,76 e 6,36 nos tempos de 11,29; 8,26; 11,62; 11,09 e 10,31 horas ap?s a alimenta??o para as dietas contendo 0, 20, 40, 60 e 80 % de concentrado, respectivamente. N?o houve efeito de intera??o entre tratamento e tempo e tampouco de tratamento (P>0,05) sobre a concentra??o de N-NH3/100 mL. Mas foi observado efeito quadr?tico de tempo ap?s a alimenta??o (P<0,05), sobre esta vari?vel estimando-se concentra??o m?nima de 9,64 mg de N-NH3 /100 mL ?s 15,9 horas ap?s a alimenta??o. Conclui-se que n?veis pr?ximos de 65% de concentrado resultam em maior ingest?o de energia em dietas contendo cana-de-a??car. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013. / ABSTRACT Five ruminal cannulated crossbred (Holstein x Zebu) steers with average body weight (BW) of 300 ? 50kg were used to evaluate intake, total and apparent digestibility, ruminal digestion (kd) and passage (kp) rates of nutrients from sugar-cane based diets containing different levels of concentrate as well as its effects on ruminal pH and ammonia concentration, and microbial efficiency. Cattle were assigned into a 5 x 5 Latin Square design balanced for residual effects. The trial was divided into five 16 d experimental periods with 8 days for adaptation to experimental diets and 8 days for sample collection. Experimental treatments were composed of four different diets: 1) 100% of sugar-cane in natura (CA); 2) 80% of sugar-cane + 20% of concentrate; 3) 60% of CA + 40% of C; 4) 40% of CA + 60% of C; 5) 20% of CA + 80% of C. Experimental diets were isoprotein (approximately 12% DM basis) and a mix of urea/ammonium sulphate was used at 9:1ratio to correct the protein level of sugar-cane. A regression analysis was performed using the MIXED procedure of SAS (9.1 version) and significance was considered at P < 0.05. Dry matter intake (DMI) expressed either as kg/day or g/kg of BW was affected (P < 0.05) by concentrate level and the maximum intake was estimated to be at 63.61 and 75.04% of concentrate, respectively. Intake (kg/day) of OM, CP, NDFap, TDN, iNDF, digestible NDFap (NDFapD), and NFC were affected by concentrate level (P < 0.05) and their maximum intake was estimated to be at 63.21; 63.78; 53.14; 64.31; 32.49; 88.47 e 55.46% of concentrate, respectively. The ruminal pool size of DM, CP, OM, and NFC increased linearly as the dietary levels of concentrate increased. Similarly, ki (h-1) DM, CP, OM, NDFap, and NFC has also increased as the dietary levels of concentrate increased. The digestion rates (kg h-1) of DM, OM, and NDFap as well as the passage rate (kg h-1) of CP increased linearly as the dietary levels of concentrate increased. The maximum omasal flux (kg/day) of DM, OM, NFC, and iNDF were estimated to be at 52.22; 51.78; 80.83; and 31.45% of dietary concentrate, respectively. Apparent digestibility of DM, EE, and NFC was also linearly enhanced (P < 0.05) with the increase of concentrate levels. Microbial efficiency calculated from urinary purine derivates was not affected (P > 0.05) by the concentrate levels evaluated. An interaction of sampling time and dietary treatment was observed for ruminal pH. A quadratic effect across sampling time was observed for each experimental treatment the ruminal fluid pH where the estimation of the minimum values was 6.83; 6.78; 6.55; 6.76; and 6.36 for 11.29; 8.26; 11.62; 11.09; and 10.31 hours after feeding for diets containing 0, 20, 60, and 80% of concentrate, respectively. No interaction was observed (P > 0.05) among dietary treatments and sampling time for concentration of N-NH3/100 mL. Indeed, no effects (P > 0.05) of dietary treatments on ruminal concentration of N-NH3/100 mL. However, a quadratic effect (P < 0.05) was observed for time after feeding with the minimum concentration of 9.64 mg of N-NH3/100mL was estimated to be obtained at 15.9 hours after feeding. The data suggests that levels up to 65% of concentrate result in greater energy intake by cattle fed sugarcane based diets.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 rodrigo_cornelio_oliveira_ribeiro.pdf: 711572 bytes, checksum: c4454fe2873e1d90209ede8fc33ae5f3 (MD5) license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Instituto Nacional de Ci?ncia e Tecnologia de Ci?ncia Animal (INCT-CA) / Um experimento foi realizado com o objetivo de estimar o consumo, a digestibilidade total e as taxas de digest?o (kd) e de passagem (kp) ruminal dos nutrientes de dietas constitu?das exclusivamente por volumosos. Avaliaram-se tamb?m algumas equa??es para predizer a digestibilidade da fibra destes alimentos para bovinos de corte. Foram utilizados cinco bovinos mesti?os Holand?s x Zebu, machos n?o castrados, fistulados no r?men, com peso corporal (PC) m?dio inicial de 458,5 ? 32,5 kg, distribu?dos em delineamento experimental em quadrado latino 5 x 5 balanceado para efeito residual. O experimento foi constitu?do de cinco per?odos experimentais, com dura??o de dezesseis dias cada um, sendo sete dias destinados ? adapta??o dos animais ?s dietas e os outros nove para a realiza??o das coletas. As dietas experimentais foram constitu?das de cinco volumosos, sendo utilizadas as silagens de milho (SM, Zea mays, L.), de capim-elefante (SCE, Pennisetum purpureum Schum) e de capim-braqui?ria (SCB, Brachiaria decumbens), a cana-de-a??car in natura (CA, Saccharum officinarum L.) e o feno de capim-tifton 85 (TF85, Cynodon spp.). Utilizou-se a mistura de ureia/sulfato de am?nio na propor??o de 9:1 para manter as dietas isoproteicas (11% de PB). Os dados foram analisados utilizando o procedimento MIXED do SAS (vers?o 9.1), utilizando-se o teste de Tukey e 0,05 como n?vel cr?tico de probabilidade para o erro tipo I. O consumo de mat?ria seca (CMS) foi maior (P<0,05) para os animais alimentados com SM quando comparado aos animais que receberam CA. Maiores (P<0,05) valores para o consumo de FDNcp foram observados para os animais alimentados com SM, SCB, SCE e FT85. N?o houve diferen?a (P>0,05) para os coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente da MS, MO, PB e CNF entre os volumosos avaliados. A digestibilidade da FDNcp foi maior (P<0,05) para os animais alimentados com SCB, SCE e FT85 em rela??o aos alimentados com CA. Maior (P<0,05) valor para o coeficiente de digestibilidade ruminal (CDR) da FDNcp foi observado para os animais que receberam SCB, SCE e FT85 em rela??o aos que consumiram CA. N?o houve diferen?a (P>0,05) para o Pool (kg/dia) e para a kp (h-1) da FDNcp entre os diferentes volumosos avaliados. A efici?ncia microbiana (g/kg NDT) foi maior (P<0,05) para os animais alimentados com SCB (147,08 g/kg NDT). Houve intera??o (P<0,05) entre os efeitos de tratamento e tempo de mensura??o do pH ruminal. Os valores de pH no l?quido ruminal apresentaram comportamento quadr?tico em fun??o do tempo e os valores m?ximos de 6,72; 7,10; 7,06 e 6,92 foram estimados nos tempos de 9,45; 10,99; 11,13 e 12,00 horas ap?s a alimenta??o para as dietas contendo SM, SCB, SCE, e FT85, respectivamente. Os valores de pH para CA apresentaram comportamento linear decrescente em fun??o do tempo. Conclui-se que o uso exclusivo de volumosos tropicais nas dietas de bovinos, com exce??o da cana-de-a??car in natura, proporcionam consumo e digestibilidades dos nutrientes satisfat?rios, visto que dietas com 11% de PB atendem as exig?ncias m?nimas de compostos nitrogenados para os microrganismos ruminais maximizarem a digest?o da fibra em detergente neutro. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013. / ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to estimate the nutrient intake, total digestibility, ruminal digestion (kd) and passage (kp) rates of nutrient from diets containing only forages. Equations to predict the fiber digestibility of feed for beef cattle were also evaluated. There had been used five crossbred Holstein x Zebu steers, fistulated in rumen, with body weight (BW) ranging 458.5 ? 32.5 kg, distributed in Latin square experimental design 5 x 5 balanced for residual effects. The experiment consisted of five experimental periods, lasting sixteen days each, being seven days for adaptation animals to the diets and the other nine to perform the collection. The experimental diets were composed of five forages, being maize silage - SM (Zea mays, L.), elephant grass - SCE (Pennisetum purpureum Schum); Brachiaria grass silage - SCB (Brachiariadecumbens); the sugar cane in natura - CA (Saccharum officinarum L.); and Tifton hay 85 - FT85 (Cynodon spp.). A mixture of urea/ammonium sulfate was used in a 9:1 ratio to maintain diets isonitrogenated (11% CP). Data were analyzed using the MIXED procedure of SAS (version 9.1), using the Tukey test and 0.05 as the critical level of probability for Type I error. The dry matter intake (CMS) was higher (P <0.05) for animals fed with SM when compared to animals receiving CA. Higher (P <0.05) values for the FDNcp intake were observed for animals fed with SM, SCB, SCE and FT85. There was no difference (P> 0.05) for apparent digestibility coefficients of MS, MO, PB and CNF among forages evaluated. The digestibility of FDNcp was higher (P <0.05) for animals fed with SCB, SCE and FT85 than those fed with CA. Greater (P <0.05) value for ruminal digestibility (CDR) of FDNcp was observed for animals receiving SCB, SCE and FT85 compared to those fed CA. No differences were observed (P> 0.05) for Pool (kg/day) and kp (h-1) from FDNcp among the different forage evaluated. The microbial efficiency (g/kg NDT) was higher (P <0.05) in animals fed with SCB (147.08g/kg NDT). There was an interaction (P <0.05) between the effects of treatment and time of measurement of ruminal pH. The pH of the rumen fluid showed a quadratic function of time and the maximum values of 6.72, 7.10, 7.06 and 6.92 being estimated at the times of 9.45, 10.99, 11.13 and 12.00 hours after feeding for the diets containing SM, SCB, SCE, and FT85, respectively. The pH values for CA linearly decreased in function of time. We conclude that the exclusive use of tropical forages in the diets of cattle, with the exception of sugar cane in natura, provide a satisfactory intake of digestible nutrients, whereas diets with 11% CP meet the minimum requirements for nitrogen compounds for ruminal microorganisms maximize the digestion of neutral detergent fiber.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 regina_silva_santos.pdf: 994226 bytes, checksum: 2d65c8a318f4c25b5c82de13adb8fbad (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Foram conduzidos dois experimentos para avaliar o efeito de dietas, contendo dois n?veis de prote?na bruta e de concentrado sobre o consumo e a digestibilidade aparente total dos nutrientes, o balan?o de nitrog?nio (BN), o pH, a concentra??o de nitrog?nio amoniacal (N-NH3) no r?men, a efici?ncia microbiana e o desempenho em cordeiros. As dietas consistiram de 10,0 e 14,25% de prote?na bruta (PB) e de 40 e 60% de concentrado (CONC), utilizando-se a silagem de milho como volumoso. No ensaio de digestibilidade, foram utilizados quatro cordeiros machos, n?o castrados, F1 Santa In?s x Texel desmamados, com peso vivo m?dio de 21 kg, fistulados no r?men e distribu?dos em quadrado latino 4 x 4, com quatro animais, quatro dietas e quatro per?odos. Cada per?odo experimental teve dura??o de 15 dias, sendo nove dias para adapta??o e seis para coletas. Houve efeito da intera??o tripla (PBxCONCxTempo) sobre os teores de nitrog?nio amoniacal ruminal, enquanto o pH n?o foi afetado. N?o houve efeito da intera??o PB x CONC sobre as vari?veis estudadas. Houve efeito de n?veis de PB sobre o consumo e a digestibildade de PB, bem como, sobre as quantidades de N ingerido, absorvido, urin?rio e retido (BN) e sobre as excre??es de ?cido ?rico. No ensaio de desempenho, foram utilizados 30 cordeiros F1 Santa In?s x Texel, n?o castrados, com peso vivo m?dio de 19 kg, distribu?dos em esquema fatorial 2x2, no delineamento em blocos casualizados, com quatro dietas e oito repeti??es. Al?m desses, mais quatro cordeiros foram abatidos no in?cio da fase experimental, representando os animais refer?ncia. Houve efeito da intera??o de n?veis de PB e de concentrado para os consumos de EE, FDNcp e CNF. Houve efeito de n?veis de PB sobre os consumos de MS, MO, PB, FDNcp, NDT, PDR e PNDR, o GMD, GCPCJ e a CA. Houve efeito dos n?veis de concentrado sobre os consumos de MS, MO, PB, CNF e NDT e sobre GMD, GCPCJ, GCPCJ/GMD e CA. Conclui-se que, dietas com n?vel mais alto de PB ou de concentrado, proporcionam mais alto consumo de nutrientes e melhor desempenho animal. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013. / ABSTRACT Two essays were performed in order to evaluate the effects of diets containing two levels of crude protein and concentrate on the consumption, the total apparent digestibility of the nutrients, the nitrogen balance, the pH, the N-NH3 concentration in the rumen, the microbial efficiency and the performance in lambs. The diets consisted of 10,0 and 14,25% crude protein (CP) and 40 and 60% concentrate, using corn silage as forage. In the digestibility essay, four male lambs were used. The animals were not castrated, F1 Santa In?s x Texel, weaned, rumen fistulated, presented an average live weight of 21 kg and were distributed in Latin square 4 x 4, with four diets and four periods. Each experimental period lasted 15 days, being nine of it for adaptation and six for the collections. Triple interaction (CP x CONC x Time) acted on the ruminal ammonia nitrogen contents, while the pH was not affected. The interaction between CP x CONC had no effect on the studied variables. The CP levels presented an effect on the consumption and the PB digestibility, as for the amounts of ingested, absorbed and urinary nitrogen and for the uric acid excretions. In the performance essays, 30 ?F1 Santa In?s x Texel? castrated lambs were used, presenting an average live weight of 19 kg and distributed in the randomized block design using four treatments and eight replicates. Beside these lambs, other four were slaughtered in the beginning of the experimental phase, representing the reference animals. The PB and the concentrate levels interaction affected the EE, NDFap and NFC consumption. The CP levels also affected the DM, OM, CP, NDFap, TDN, RDP and RUP, ADG, CGBWF and FC consumption. The concentrate levels affected DM, OM, CP, NFCap and TDN and also ADG, CGBWF, GCBWF/ADG and FC replicates. So, we conclude the crude protein and concentrate levels do not affect the nutrients consumption and digestibility, except for the crude protein which is higher in a diet with high protein levels, that also provide higher nitrogen balance values, N-NH3 concentrations and uric acid excretions. The diets containing 14,25% PB or 60% concentrate promote higher nutrients consumptions and better lambs performances.