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ABSTRACT: The increasing availability of crude glycerin from biodiesel production has generated great stock in the industries. To solve this problem, crude glycerin is being used as an energy source to replace corn in livestock diets. This study evaluated the effects of the association of crude glycerin (10% on DM of diets) with different roughages in Nellore cattle diets on ruminal pH and ammonia, degradability, digestibility of dry matter and nutrients, and greenhouse gas production. Six ruminally cannulated Nellore steers were assigned to a 6×6 Latin square design. The following treatments were evaluated: Hydrolyzed Sugarcane associated or not with crude glycerin, Corn Silage associated or not with crude glycerin or Tifton-85 Hay associated or not with crude glycerin. Association of crude glycerin with roughages did not affect the rumen ammonia concentration and pH and dry matter intake, but reduced the intake of NDF for diets with Hydrolyzed Sugarcane and Corn Silage and reduced the digestibility of DM, OM, NDF, EE, CNF and starch and decreased the effective degradation at the rate of 8% h-1 for diets with Tifton-85 Hay. The association crude glycerin with Hydrolyzed Sugarcane reduced the production of CH4 and CO2 in mL g-1 of DM. The inclusion of crude glycerin affects differently nutrient utilization in diets with Corn Silage, Hydrolyzed Sugarcane or Tifton-85 hay. Moreover, promotes mitigation of greenhouse gases in diets with Hydrolyzed Sugarcane. Association of crude glycerin with Corn Silage in Nellore cattle diets showed better conditions of ruminal fermentation and utilization of nutrients.
RESUMO: A crescente disponibilidade de glicerina bruta proveniente da produção de biodiesel tem gerado grande estoque nas indústrias. Para resolver esse problema, a glicerina bruta está sendo utilizada na alimentação animal como fonte energética. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos da associação da glicerina bruta (10% da MS das dietas) com diferentes volumosos sobre o pH e amônia ruminal, degradabilidade, digestibilidade da matéria seca e nutrientes, e produção de gás de efeito estufa. Seis novilhos da raça Nelore foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em um quadrado latino 6×6. Os tratamentos avaliados foram cana-hidrolisada associada ou não à glicerina, silagem de milho associada ou não à glicerina ou feno de Tifton 85 associado ou não à glicerina. A concentração de amônia ruminal e pH não foram afetados pela associação glicerina bruta com volumosos e consumo de matéria seca, mas reduziu o consumo de FDN para dietas com cana-hidrolisada e silagem de milho, e reduziu a digestibilidade de MS, MO, FDN, EE, CNF e amido para dietas com Feno de Tifton 85, além de reduzir a degradação efetiva na taxa de 8% h-1 nesta dieta. A associação glicerina bruta com cana-de-açúcar hidrolisada reduziu a produção de CH4 e de CO2 em mL g-1 de MS. A associação da glicerina bruta afeta a utilização de nutrientes, independente do volumoso utilizado. Além disso, promove a mitigação de gases de efeito estufa em dietas com cana-de-açúcar hidrolisada e, quando associada à silagem de milho, mostrou melhores condições de fermentação ruminal e utilização dos nutrientes.
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Objetivou-se com este estudo avaliar o hemograma de bovinos alimentados com glicerina bruta. Trinta novilhos da rno leucograma destes animais.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the hemogram in cattle fed crude glycerin. 30 Nellore steers, were used for blood sampling, which were done each 28 days. The animals were confined for 103 days and were fed with five diets containing 0, 7.5, 15, 22.5 and 30% crude glycerin based on dry matter, formulated in a forage:concentrate ratio of 30:70. Corn silage was used as forage and the concentrate was composed by corn grain, soybean hulls, sunflower meal, glycerin, limestone, dicalcium phosphate and salt. The experimental design was a randomized block with five treatments. Orthogonal contrasts were used to determine the linear, quadratic, cubic effects and gliceryn treatments × the control one. There was no treatment effect (P>0,05) on blood concentrations of erythrocytes, hematocrit, basophils, eosinophils, band neutrophils and lymphocytes, but were linearly effect on the concentrations of platelets, hemoglobin and monocytes (P=0.009, P=0.001 and P=0.043, respectivelly), and cubic effect on the concentrations of total leukocytes and segmented neutrophils (P=0.008 and P=0.004, respectivelly). Diets for beef cattle, with forage:concentrate ratio of 30:70 added with crude glycerin promote changes in the erytrhogram and leucogram of these animals.