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The present study was carried out to examine the effect of organic chromium yeast supplementation in feedlot diets of growing male cows on growth efficiency and carcass characteristics. The experiment was conducted in Ibadan (7.380 N and 3.930 E), in the South Western region of Nigeria. The study lasted six months (180 days). A total of seventy-five Ndama Ndama growing male cows with average weights ranging between 280 and 284kg were kept outdoors in feedlot pens of 15 cows per treatment. The different treatment groups received organic chromium yeast mix of 9%, 18%, 27% and 36%, representing 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 ppm organic chromium yeast respectively. Each cow was replicated 3 times with 5 cows per replicate. Parameters recorded during the experimental period include average daily gain, feed: gain ratio and feed consumption. Carcass characteristics studied at the end of the experiment include final yield grade, marbling scores, dressing percentage, quality grade and longissimus muscle area. Statistical analysis revealed significant (P<0.05) differences between the means. Cows fed diets supplemented with 0.3 ppm organic chromium yeast showed higher performance characteristics than cows fed the control diet and the other experimental diets. Treatment with 0.3 ppm organic chromium yeast in the diet of the cows significantly (P<0.05) increased carcass characteristics and these values were higher than the values obtained from cows fed the control diet and the other experimental diets.
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Em dois ensaios experimentais avaliou-se efeito dietético da suplementação de acidificantes sobre o desempenho (ensaio1) e coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente de nutrientes (ensaio 2) em suínos. No ensaio 1, com duração de 42 dias,120 leitões desmamados aos 21 dias foram distribuídos em oit8 blocos experimentais com três leitões por baia, foramaplicados cinco tratamentos, sendo um controle e4quatro com a inclusão de acidificantes. No ensaio 2,0dez leitões compeso médio inicial de 16,4 kg foram distribuídos em dois blocos experimentais, cada um com cinco repetições, sob doistratamentos (ração sem acidificante ou com 1,0% de ácido fumárico). No estudo de desempenho, a adição de ácidofumárico nas rações determinou aumentos no consumo de ração nos períodos de 0 aos 15 dias, 0 aos 32 dias e ganhode peso de 0 aos 42 dias, quando comparado ao tratamento controle. No ensaio 2, a adição de 1,0% de ácido fumáricona ração não alterou os coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente da matéria seca e demais componentes químicos dasdietas. A ausência de diferenças nos coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente dos nutrientes dietéticos com a inclusão doacidificante provavelment, deveu-se ao curto período de avaliação. A inclusão de ácido fumárico nas rações de leitõesdesmamados favoreceu o desempenho dos leitões.
In two experimental assays it was evaluated the diet acidifier supplementation effect on performance (assay 1) and onnutrient apparent digestibility coefficients (assay 2). During 42 days in assay 1, 120 piglets weaned at 21-days years oldwere allotted in8eight experimental block design with3three pigs per experimental unit. The treatments were a controland4four acidified diets. In assay 2,0ten piglets with an average weight of 16,4 kg were allotted in two experimentalblock design receiving two treatments under five replications (control diet without acidifier or supplied with 1,0%fumaric acid). On performance study the fumaric acid inclusion in the diet permitted a feed intake increase from 0 to15 days, and weight gain from 0 to 32 days and from 0 to 42 days. In assay 2, the diet 1,0% of fumaric acid inclusion didnot modified the apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter and moreover diet chemical compounds. The similarapparent digestibility coefficient of dietetic nutrients with the acidifier inclusio, probabl, occurred due to the shortperiod of evaluation. The fumaric acid inclusion in weaned piglet diets improved performance of piglets.
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Animals , Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Fumaricum Acidum/administration & dosage , Swine/physiology , Weaning , Diarrhea/veterinary , Digestion/physiology , Weight Gain/physiologyABSTRACT
Sixteen steers were used to investigate the efficacy of the sustained-release implant of bovine somatotropin (bST) in improving growth and feed:gain ratio during 12 weeks. Administration of the 400 mg bST implant resulted in a 16.1% increase in growth rate, and this increase was significant (p .05) feed intake and feed:gain ratio. Thirty-four cows were used to investigate the efficacy of the sustained-release implant of bST in milk production during 4 weeks. Administration of the 200 mg bST implant resulted in an 8.7% increase in milk production, and this increase was significant (p .05) growth rate and feed intake.