Frequências de alimentação sobre o comportamento ingestivo, digestibilidade do amido e flutuação de consumo em bovinos Nelore confinados

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Juliana da [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Bovino - Alimentação e rações; Nutrição animal; Confinamento (Animais); Cattle Feeding and feeds
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/123197; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/23-04-2015/000824716.pdf

The aim of this study was to evaluate feeding frequency on feeding behavior, digestibility of starch and NDF and fluctuation of dry matter intake (DMI) in confined Nellore. Were used 48 no neutered males with average initial body weight (358.2±19,4kg), divided into 4 treatments: 1) (1x; 0800h), 2) (2x; 0800h and 1400h), 3) (3x; 0800h, 1100h and 1700h) and 4) (4x; 0800h, 1100h, 1400h and 1700h), indicating delineation randomized blocks, with 12 animals per treatment (1animal / pen). The experiment lasted 94 days, and the adaptation (ADAP) lasting nine days with the increased level of 60% to 86% concentrate diet. Diet finishing (FINISH) contained: 67% broken grains of corn, 14% of sugar cane, 9% soybean hulls, 5.5% soybean meal, 4.0% mineral mixture with urea, 0.5% limestone. ADAP in phase, with increasing feeding frequency variation DMI, and expressed % in kg was affected cubically (P = 0.05), however the phase FINISH, expressed in %, was not affected (P > 0.10), when expressed in kg, during the FINISH and total period of confinement were affected linearly and quadratically (P < 0.05). For the feeding behavior in phase ADAP only the DMI and consumption of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) variables were affected quadratically (P = 0.06) and cubic (P = 0.02), respectively. However, during FINISH the DMI was affected linearly (P = 0.02), the time of ruminating and resting were affected cubically (P <0.01) and intake NDF, feed efficiency and rumination NDF were affected quadratic and cubic (P <0.01) respectively. In phase ADAP only starch digestibility was affected linearly (P = 0.03) and cubic (P <0.01). However, during the FINISH only the percentage of fecal starch was affected quadratically (P = 0.05). For the selection of ingredients in stages ADAP and FINISH there was no influence of feeding frequency. Practically, Nellore food at least three times a day seems to be the most indicaded option