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| Author(s): |
Vinícius Nunes de Gouvêa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2012-06-18 |
| Examining board members: |
Flavio Augusto Portela Santos;
Juliano José de Resende Fernandes;
Cyntia Ludovico Martins
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| Advisor: | Flavio Augusto Portela Santos |
| Abstract | |
The effects of flint corn processing (steam flaking, 310 g/l vs. gridding, 1.3 mm GMD) and the partial replacement of corn with citrus pulp (0, 25, 50 or 75%) in feedlot diets were evaluated. A total of 216 Nellore bulls (IBW 350 kg) were allotted to 40 pens and used in a randomized complete block design with a 2 × 4 factorial arrangement of treatments (SF100:CP0; SF75:CP25; SF50:CP50; SF25:CP75; GC100:CP0; GC75:CP25; GC50:CP50; GC25:CP75) for 103-d. The diets contained (% DM) 12% sugar cane bagasse and 88% concentrate. Data was analyzed using mixed procedure of SAS with pens as experimental units. For DMI, ADG, G/F and observed NEg the effects of grain processing, the effects of citrus pulp inclusion in the diets and interactions were significant (P < 0.01). All the diets containing SFC presented less DMI than the GC75:CP25 and the GC50:CP50 diets. Citrus pulp had no effect on DMI of the SFC diets, however it increased DMI when it replaced up to 50% of the GC. Inclusion of CP decreased ADG in the SFC diets (1.80; 1.52; 1.70; 1.58 kg.head-1 and it increased ADG in the GC diets (1.60; 1.74; 1.85; 1.70 kg.head- 1. The greatest G/F was observed for Nellore cattle fed the SF100:CP0 diet followed by the SF50:CP50 diet. Inclusion of citrus pulp decreased G/F of cattle fed SFC (0.222; 0.190; 0.200; 0.184) and had no effect for cattle fed GC diets (0.180; 0.176; 0.180; 0.186). Diet NEg was greater for SFC diets (1.73; 1.51; 1.56; 1.45 Mcal kg.DM-1 than for GC diets (1.42; 1.37; 1.39; 1.44 Mcal kg.DM-1, with a negative effect of CP in the SFC diets. Fat thickness was greater for GC than for SFC diets (4.4 mm vs. 5.0 mm). When CP replaced up to 50% of corn in the diets fecal starch was less for SFC diets than for GC diets (2.0% vs. 9.3%). In conclusion, SFC increases diet NEg for Nellore cattle fed high concentrate diets compared to ground corn. Citrus pulp decreases NEg in SFC diets and has no negative effects on ground corn diets NEg for Nellore cattle. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/13608-1 - Grain processing and inclusion of by-products in the diet of cattle Finishing in feedlot. |
| Grantee: | Vinícius Nunes de Gouvêa |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |