Protein and energy supplementation on the voluntary intake and ruminal parameters in steers Suplementação proteico-energética sobre o consumo voluntário e parâmetros ruminais em novilhos

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of protein and supplementation in ruminal parameters behaviour (pH and NH3-N), voluntary feed intake of hay, dry mater (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradability of hay. There were used five crossbred steers with mean live weight of 290kg. I...

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Main Authors: Marcella Cândia D’Oliveira, Luiza Quintão Medeiros, Martha de Souza Teixeira Rocha, Luiz Ferreira Barros, Gumercindo Loriano Franco, José Mauro da Silva Diogo, Allan Kardec Braga Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal da Bahia 2010-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal
Online Access:http://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/1381