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Sturion TU, Vicente ACS, de Paula Carlis MS, de Assis RG, de Souza TT, Polizel DM, Junior PCGD, Dos Santos IJ, Comelli JH, Biava JS, Pires AV, Ferreira EM. Processing methods of flint corn and protein supplement in forage-free diets for feedlot lambs. Trop Anim Health Prod 2023; 55:105. [PMID: 36859568 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-023-03515-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
Abstract
Diets without forage increase the productivity in less time and favor greater practicality and better quality carcass. The corn grain is mostly used associated with pellets but processing these ingredients can bring benefits. The present study evaluated the effect of diets without forage based on whole or coarse ground corn associated with pelleted or ground protein supplement on performance, eating behavior, carcass characteristics, and ruminal morphology of feedlot lambs. Thirty-five Dorper × Santa Inês lambs were used, with 23.85 ± 3.88 kg of initial body weight and 88 ± 9 days old. The experimental design was in a randomized complete block, defined by body weight and age. The experimental diets were control (CONT), containing 90% of concentrate and 10% of forage (coastcross hay), and 4 diets without forage: WC+P, 70% whole flint corn and 30% pelleted protein supplement; WC+G, 70% whole flint corn and 30% ground protein supplement; GC+P, 70% ground flint corn and 30% pelleted protein supplement; and GC+G, 70% ground flint corn and 30% ground protein supplement. There was an interaction between treatments and experimental periods for DMI in kg/day (P = 0.01) and g/kg of BW0.75 (P < 0.01; Table 3). For the DMI in kg/day, no significant differences were observed between the treatments in any of the experimental periods. However, for DMI expressed in g/kg of BW0.75, the animals fed WC+P had lower DMI than the animals on the CONT (P < 0.01) only in the first period. The ADG, FBW, and FE were not affected by the treatments. Compared to CONT, forage-free diets decreased ingestion time (min/day) and rumination and chewing (min/day and min/g of dry matter). There was no effect of treatments for any of the carcass traits evaluated. The diets did not cause lesions suggestive of ruminitis. Forage-free diets containing whole or ground corn associated with pelleted or ground protein supplement can be used successfully for feedlot lambs; they provide proper performance and carcass characteristics, without harming the animal's health.
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- Thamires Ubices Sturion
- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
- Department of Nutrition and Animal Production, FMVZ, University of São Paulo, Duque de Caxias North Avenue, n 225, Pirassununga, São Paulo, 13635-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil
- Department of Nutrition and Animal Production, FMVZ, University of São Paulo, Duque de Caxias North Avenue, n 225, Pirassununga, São Paulo, 13635-000, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Pádua Dias Avenue n 11, PO Box 09, Piracicaba, São Paulo, 13418-900, Brazil.
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Arjmand M, Kiani A, Azizi A, Fadayifar A, Azarfar A, Ponnampalam E. Effects of dietary concentrate level and feeding length on nutrient digestibility, rumen hydrolytic enzymes activity, intermediary metabolites, and feeding behavior in growing fat-tailed lambs: Iranian feedlot system. Small Rumin Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ma B, Zhang C, Raza SHA, Yang B, Aloufi BH, Alshammari AM, AlGabbani Q, Khan R, Hou S, Gui L. Effects of Dietary Non-Fibrous Carbohydrate (NFC) to Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) Ratio Change on Rumen Bacterial Community and Ruminal Fermentation Parameters in Chinese Black Tibetan Sheep (Ovis aries). Small Rumin Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bezerra AS, dos Santos MAS, Lourenço-Júnior JDB. Technologies Used in Production Systems for Santa Inês Sheep: A Systematic Review. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:896241. [PMID: 35711795 PMCID: PMC9195131 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.896241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study identifies the number of publications that presented technologies used in the production systems of Santa Inês sheep in the last 5 years (2017–2021) carried out in Brazil. Therefore, the objective was to identify where we are in terms of knowledge about technologies in different fields (health, reproduction, animal breeding, behavior and welfare, nutrition and feeding, forage and pasture, carcass and meat quality, and economics and management of livestock systems). After rigorous selection, 114 studies were appointed and classified by knowledge field, and the main approaches within each theme were evaluated, pointing out research gaps. Most technologies have been in northeastern states. However, government agencies should develop public policies to disseminate techniques in rural areas because the production system in this region is still subsistence. This study highlighted the need for works that present management practices and tools that impact the improvement of animal welfare. Agro-industrial by-products have been widely used as an alternative for sheep feeding. However, economic feasibility analyses are recommended with these foodstuffs to substantiate their use as an option to reduce production costs. There is a lack of research allusive to the management of production systems, especially those related to estimates of economic feasibility indicators.
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- Andréia Santana Bezerra
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Postgraduate Program in Animal Science (PPGCAN), Federal University of Para (UFPA), Federal University of the Amazon (UFRA), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Castanhal, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Andréia Santana Bezerra
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Postgraduate Program in Animal Science (PPGCAN), Federal University of Para (UFPA), Federal University of the Amazon (UFRA), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Castanhal, Brazil
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Ladeira GC, Pilonetto F, Fernandes AC, Bóscollo PP, Dauria BD, Titto CG, Coutinho LL, E Silva FF, Pinto LFB, Mourão GB. CNV detection and their association with growth, efficiency and carcass traits in Santa Inês sheep. J Anim Breed Genet 2022; 139:476-487. [PMID: 35218589 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Copy number variations (CNV) are an important source of genetic variation. CNV has been increasingly studied and frequently associated with diseases and productive traits in livestock animals. However, CNV-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in Santa Inês sheep, one of the principal sheep breeds in Brazil, have not yet been reported. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between CNV and growth, efficiency and carcass traits in sheep. The Illumina OvineSNP50 BeadChip array was used to detect CNV in 491 Santa Inês individuals. Then, CNV-based GWAS was performed with a linear mixed model approach considering a genomic relationship matrix, for ten traits: (1) growth: body weight at three (W3) and six (W6) months of age; (2) efficiency: residual feed intake (RFI) and feed efficiency (FE) and (3) carcass: external carcass length (ECL), leg length (LL), carcass yield (CY), commercial cuts weight (CCW), loin eye area (LEA) and subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT). We identified 1,167 autosomal CNV in 438 sheep, with 294 non-redundant CNV, ranging from 21.8 to 861.9 kb, merged into 216 distinct copy number variation regions (CNVRs). One significant CNV segment (pFDR -value<0.05) in OAR3 was associated with CY, while another significant CNV in OAR6 was associated with RFI. Additionally, another 5 CNV segments were considered relevant for investigation in the future studies. The significant segments overlapped 4 QTLs and spanned 8 genes, including the SPAST, TGFA and ADGRL3 genes, involved in cell differentiation and energy metabolism. Therefore, the results of the present study increase knowledge about CNV in sheep, their possible impacts on productive traits, and provide information for future investigations, being especially useful for those interested in structural variations in the sheep genome.
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- Giovanni Coelho Ladeira
- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo (FZEA/USP), Pirassununga, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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Gonzalez-Ronquillo M, Robles-Jiménez LE, Romero-Bernal J, Ariciaga-Gonzalez C, Valdez-Ramírez B, Chay-Canul AJ, Vargas-Bello-Pérez E. Effect of ryegrass hay and ryegrass silage, cut at two stages of development, on nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, and purine derivative excretion in growing sheep. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2021.2000342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Manuel Gonzalez-Ronquillo
- Departamento de Nutricion Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Instituto Literario 100 Ote, Toluca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Nutricion Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Instituto Literario 100 Ote, Toluca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Nutricion Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Instituto Literario 100 Ote, Toluca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Nutricion Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Instituto Literario 100 Ote, Toluca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Nutricion Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Instituto Literario 100 Ote, Toluca, Mexico
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- División Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Carretera Villahermosa-Teapa, Villahermosa, México
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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da Silva YA, de Almeida VVS, Oliveira AC, Fonseca RS, Dos Santos P, do Sacramento Ribeiro J, Dos Santos Silva MJM, de Lima Júnior DM. Can roughage: concentrate ratio affect the action of red propolis extract on sheep metabolism? Trop Anim Health Prod 2021; 53:472. [PMID: 34550484 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02907-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the addition of red propolis extract (RPE), in different roughage: concentrate (R:C) ratios, influences the intake, digestibility, ruminal parameters, and serum biochemistry of sheep. We used eight Santa Inês sheep with an average body weight of 29.45 ± 1.58 kg, housed in metabolism cages for 60 days, and distributed in two simultaneous Latin square designs in a 2 × 2 factorial scheme. The factors consisted of two R:C ratios (70:30 and 30:70) with or without the addition of 15 mL/day of RPE. No interactions were found (P > 0.05) between R:C ratios and with or without RPE. Sheep fed 30:70 ratio showed higher (P < 0.05) intake and dry matter (DM) digestibility and non-fibrous carbohydrates and lower (P < 0.05) intake and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility. The addition of RPE did not influence (P > 0.05) the intake or nutrients digestibility, but the sheep that received RPE had a higher (P < 0.05) ruminal pH and longer (P < 0.05) time of rumination (min/kg DM) compared to the group without propolis. The ruminal ammonia concentration was higher for sheep fed 70:30 ratio, but the concentrations of total protein and albumin did not differ between R:C ratios. The addition of 15 mL of RPE does not influence the intake, digestibility, ingestive behavior, and rumen ammonical nitrogen of sheep. There is no association between the R:C ratio and the addition of 15 mL/day of RPE for sheep.
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- Yara America da Silva
- Universidade Federal Do Agreste de Pernambuco, Bom Pastor Street, Boa Vista, Garanhuns, Pernambuco, 55292-270, Brazil
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- Campus Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Street, Bom Sucesso, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil
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- Campus Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Street, Bom Sucesso, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil
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- Campus Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Street, Bom Sucesso, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil
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- Campus Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Street, Bom Sucesso, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil
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- Campus Arapiraca, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Manoel Severino Barbosa Street, Bom Sucesso, Arapiraca, Alagoas, 57309-005, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural Do Semi-Árido, Francisco Mota Street, Costa e Silva, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, 59625-900, Brazil.
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Impact of high-concentrate diets with cottonseed associated with calcium lignosulfonate on the metabolic, productive, and carcass characteristics of feedlot lambs. Trop Anim Health Prod 2020; 52:1821-1832. [PMID: 31927689 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-019-02194-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate the metabolic, productive, and carcass parameters of feedlot lambs fed high-concentrate diets with cottonseed associated with calcium lignosulfonate. Treatments consisted of diets including whole cottonseed, crushed cottonseed, whole cottonseed with lignosulfonate (100 g/kg), crushed cottonseed with lignosulfonate (100 g/kg), and a control diet without cottonseed. Thirty ½ Dorper ½ Santa Inês, non-castrated male lambs with an average live weight of 24.9 ± 3.6 kg and an average age of 3.5 months were evaluated in a completely randomized design. There was no effect (P > 0.05) on the intakes of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, and non-fibrous carbohydrates. The crushing of cottonseed and association with lignosulfonate increased (P < 0.01) the intake and digestibility of ether extract. No effect was observed (P > 0.05) for the concentrations of urine and plasma urea N, which averaged 616.2 and 108.6 mg/dL, respectively. There was a change (P < 0.01) in nitrogen balance for digested N in g/day. There was no effect (P > 0.05) on the urinary concentration of purine derivatives, except for uric acid excretions (P < 0.05). Lignosulfonate associated with cottonseed provided an average daily gain of 0.293 kg/day, which was higher than the 0.226 kg/day obtained without lignosulfonate, but lower than control (0.302 kg/day), which also showed higher values of carcass yield. High-concentrate diets formulated without cottonseed improve lamb production performance. The use of high-concentrate diets with cottonseed associated with calcium lignosulfonate provides greater weight gains in lambs.
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