Microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen metabolism in cows bred on tropical pasture and fed on cassava root and corn / Síntese de proteína microbiana e metabolismo de nitrogênio em vacas suplementadas com raiz de mandioca e milho em pastagem tropical

Current experiment evaluated the effect of replacement of full corn meal by dehydrated ground cassava roots at levels 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% in experimental supplements for lactating cows grazing on irrigated and fertilized tropical pastures. Ten Holstein cows were divided into two 5 x 5 Latin squares, with average initial 150 days of lactation, milk production 22±3.30 kg day-1 at the beginning of experiment and initial body weight of 603±65 kg. Cows were maintained on pasture consisting of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schum) cultivar Pioneiro, intercropped with Tifton 85 (Cynodon nlemfuensis), fertilized with 600 kg nitrogen per hectare year-1. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between the substitution levels of corn meal by ground and dehydrated cassava root in the concentrate on the synthesis of microbial protein with an estimated average of 1,288.49 g day-1 and efficiency in the synthesis of microbial protein per kilogram of TDN with estimated average of 91.30 g kg-1 TDN. Nitrogen equilibrium showed an estimated average of 218.79 g day-1 of retained nitrogen. The microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen balance were not affected by treatments.(AU)

Síntese de proteína microbiana e metabolismo de nitrogênio em vacas suplementadas com raiz de mandioca e milho em pastagem tropical. O experimento foi realizado para avaliar o efeito da substituição do milho moído por raiz integral de mandioca moída e desidratada nos níveis 0, 25, 50, 75 e 100% nos suplementos experimentais, para vacas lactantes mantidas em pastagens tropicais irrigadas e adubadas. Foram utilizadas dez vacas da raça Holandesa, divididas em dois quadrados latinos 5 x 5, com média inicial de 150 dias de lactação, produção leiteira inicial de lactação de 22±3,3 kg dia-1 e peso corporal inicial médio de 603±65 kg, mantidos em pastagem formada por capim-elefante (Pennisetum purpureum, SCHUM) cultivar Pioneiro, consorciado com capim Tifton 85 (Cynodon nlemfuensis), adubada com 600 kgde nitrogênio por hectare ano-1. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas (p > 0,05) entre os níveis de substituição do milho moído por raiz de mandioca moída e desidratada no concentrado, sobre a síntese de proteína microbiana, que apresentou média estimada de 1.288,49 g dia-1 e, eficiência na síntese de proteína microbiana por quilograma de NDT com média estimada de 91,30 g kg-1 NDT, o balanço de nitrogênio apresentou média estimada de 218,79 g dia-1 de nitrogênio retido (p > 0,05). A síntese de proteína microbiana e balanço de compostos nitrogenados não sofreram efeitos dos tratamentos.(AU)

Microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen metabolism in cows bred on tropical pasture and fed on cassava root and corn / Síntese de proteína microbiana e metabolismo de nitrogênio em vacas suplementadas com raiz de mandioca e milho em pastagem tropical

Current experiment evaluated the effect of replacement of full corn meal by dehydrated ground cassava roots at levels 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% in experimental supplements for lactating cows grazing on irrigated and fertilized tropical pastures. Ten Holstein cows were divided into two 5 x 5 Latin squares, with average initial 150 days of lactation, milk production 22±3.30 kg day-1 at the beginning of experiment and initial body weight of 603±65 kg. Cows were maintained on pasture consisting of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schum) cultivar Pioneiro, intercropped with Tifton 85 (Cynodon nlemfuensis), fertilized with 600 kg nitrogen per hectare year-1. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between the substitution levels of corn meal by ground and dehydrated cassava root in the concentrate on the synthesis of microbial protein with an estimated average of 1,288.49 g day-1 and efficiency in the synthesis of microbial protein per kilogram of TDN with estimated average of 91.30 g kg-1 TDN. Nitrogen equilibrium showed an estimated average of 218.79 g day-1 of retained nitrogen. The microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen balance were not affected by treatments.

Síntese de proteína microbiana e metabolismo de nitrogênio em vacas suplementadas com raiz de mandioca e milho em pastagem tropical. O experimento foi realizado para avaliar o efeito da substituição do milho moído por raiz integral de mandioca moída e desidratada nos níveis 0, 25, 50, 75 e 100% nos suplementos experimentais, para vacas lactantes mantidas em pastagens tropicais irrigadas e adubadas. Foram utilizadas dez vacas da raça Holandesa, divididas em dois quadrados latinos 5 x 5, com média inicial de 150 dias de lactação, produção leiteira inicial de lactação de 22±3,3 kg dia-1 e peso corporal inicial médio de 603±65 kg, mantidos em pastagem formada por capim-elefante (Pennisetum purpureum, SCHUM) cultivar Pioneiro, consorciado com capim Tifton 85 (Cynodon nlemfuensis), adubada com 600 kgde nitrogênio por hectare ano-1. Não foram encontradas diferenças significativas (p > 0,05) entre os níveis de substituição do milho moído por raiz de mandioca moída e desidratada no concentrado, sobre a síntese de proteína microbiana, que apresentou média estimada de 1.288,49 g dia-1 e, eficiência na síntese de proteína microbiana por quilograma de NDT com média estimada de 91,30 g kg-1 NDT, o balanço de nitrogênio apresentou média estimada de 218,79 g dia-1 de nitrogênio retido (p > 0,05). A síntese de proteína microbiana e balanço de compostos nitrogenados não sofreram efeitos dos tratamentos.

Microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen metabolism in cows bred on tropical pasture and fed on cassava root and corn

Current experiment evaluated the effect of replacement of full corn meal by dehydrated ground cassava roots at levels 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% in experimental supplements for lactating cows grazing on irrigated and fertilized tropical pastures. Ten Holstein cows were divided into two 5 x 5 Latin squares, with average initial 150 days of lactation, milk production 22±3.30 kg day-1 at the beginning of experiment and initial body weight of 603±65 kg. Cows were maintained on pasture consisting of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum, Schum) cultivar Pioneiro, intercropped with Tifton 85 (Cynodon nlemfuensis), fertilized with 600 kg nitrogen per hectare year-1. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) between the substitution levels of corn meal by ground and dehydrated cassava root in the concentrate on the synthesis of microbial protein with an estimated average of 1,288.49 g day-1 and efficiency in the synthesis of microbial protein per kilogram of TDN with estimated average of 91.30 g kg-1 TDN. Nitrogen equilibrium showed an estimated average of 218.79 g day-1 of retained nitrogen. The microbial protein synthesis and nitrogen balance were not affected by treatments.