Influência do processamento do grão de milho na digestibilidade de rações e no desempenho de bezerros

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Júnior, Fernando Miranda Vargas Sánchez, Luis Maria Bonnecarrère Wechsler, Francisco Stefano Bianchini, Waldmaryan Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius Morais
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	The effect of corn grain processing (whole, treated with urea, or crushed forms) on the digestibility of diets and performance in early weaned calves kept in feedlot was evaluated. The diet was formulated with silage sorghum as forage in 40:60 forage to concentrate ratio (%DM). Digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter, crude protein, ether extract, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, cellulose, gross energy and starch, fecal pH and DM intake were evaluated in an assay using six 7-mo castrated calves. Treatment effect on animal performance was evaluated in an assay using 15 non-castrated calves with ages similar to those of the digestibility assay, with initial 159 kg BW. The corn grain processing did not affect the evaluated characteristics, except for fecal pH, that was lower in the animals fed diet with crushed corn grain.
Starting Page	2056
Ending Page	2062
Page Count	7
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DOI	10.1590/S1516-35982008001100023
Volume Number	37
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbz/v37n11/v37n11a23.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982008001100023
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article