This study compared the productive and nutritional parameters of milk from crossbred lactating cows managed on Panicum maximum Jacq. cv. Tanzania and with a diet supplemented with different pressed oilseed cakes. The supplements used were as follows: peanut cake, sunflower cake and palm kernel cake for replacement of soybean meal. Sixteen cows with an average weight of 544 ± 57 kg and producing 8 ± 1.4 L of milk per day were used in this study. The animals were randomly assigned to the treatments according to a Latin square design repeated over time, with four treatments, 16 animals and four experimental periods. Supplementation of the diet with peanut cake, sunflower cake and palm kernel cake compared with soybean meal in the diet of cows did not affect the average daily production or composition of the milk. The palm kernel cake promoted an increase in lauric fatty acids (C ) and palmitoleic acids (C ) (5.02 and 1.65%, respectively) compared with peanut cake and sunflower cake (4.13 and 4.01%, respectively). The levels of oleic fatty acids (C ) were higher for the sunflower cake and palm kernel cake supplements (26.01 and 25.01%, respectively) compared with peanut cake (23.11%). The replacement of soybean meal with sunflower cake and palm kernel cake improved the nutritional quality of the milk, with lower concentrations of saturated fatty acids and higher concentrations of unsaturated fatty acids, without compromising the production or nutritional composition of the milk. © 2015 Japanese Society of Animal Science.

Consumo, digestibilidade e pH ruminal de novilhos submetidos a dietas com tortasoriundas da produção do biodiesel em substituição ao farelo de soja [Intake, digestibility and

ADDITIONAL KEYWORDSHeart frequency. Respiratory frequency. Rectal temperature. RESUMOCom o objetivo de avaliar o potencial de tortas oriundas da produção de biodiesel (dendê, amendoim e girassol) em substituição ao farelo de soja, avaliou-se o comportamento ingestivo e parâmetros fisiológicos de novilhos Holandês x Zebu submetidos a dietas contendo estes subprodutos. Foram utilizados quatro novilhos Holandês x Zebu, fistulados no rúmen, mantidos em baias individuais e dispostos em um quadrado latino 4 x 4 repetido no tempo. O experimento teve duração de 88 dias e os animais foram alimentados com feno de Tifton-85 e mistura concentrada com farelo de soja, tortas de dendê, amendoim e girassol, que constituíram os quatro tratamentos. O comportamento ingestivo foi avaliado por observação e registro dos tempos diários despendidos com alimentação, ruminação e ócio. O comportamento bioclimatológico dos animais foi avaliado por intermédio das seguintes medições: frequência respiratória (FR), frequência cardíaca (FC) e temperatura retal (TR). Não houve diferença entre as dietas para o tempo despendido tanto na ingestão, como na ruminação (p>0,05), entretanto, os animais que consumiram a dieta com torta de dendê despenderam mais tempo em ócio (p<0,05). Nos parâmetros fisológicos, ocorreu diferença apenas para frequência cardíaca (FC), sendo a dieta sem torta adicional a que proporcionou o maior valor. A substituição do farelo de soja pela torta de dendê oriunda da produção do biodiesel na dieta de novilhos afetou o comportamento ingestivo dos animais. SUMMARYAiming to evaluate the potential of by-products coming from the production of biodiesel (palm oil, peanuts and sunflower cakes) replacing soybean meal, were evaluated the feeding behavior and bioclimatology of Holstein-Zebu steers fed diets with this byproducts. Were used four rumen canulated Holstein-Zebu steers, kept in individual pens and distributed in a 4 x 4 Latin square with repeated measures on the time. The experiment lasted 88 days and the animals were fed Tifton-85 hay and concentrate ration with soybean meal or one of the following cake: palm kernel, peanuts or sunflower, which constituted the four treatments. Ingestive behavior was assessed by observation and recording of daily time spent on eating, ruminating and idle. The bioclimatological behavior of the animals was evaluated through the following measurements: respiratory frequency (RF), heart frequency (FH) and rectal temperature (RT). The time spent for ingestion and rumination did not differ (p>0.05) between diets, however, animals PALAVRAS CHAVE ADICIONAIS Frequência cardíaca. Frequência respiratória. Temperatura retal.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior of feedlot-finished young bulls fed diets containing peanut cake instead of soybean meal. A total of 32 Nellore young bulls with an initial body weight of 390 ± 43.5 kg were distributed in a completely randomized design. The animals were individually housed in stalls and fed Tifton 85 hay with four concentrate mixtures containing 0, 33, 66, or 100% peanut cake substituting for soybean meal. The diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (with 15% crude protein) and isocaloric (with 65% total digestible nutrients), with a 40:60 forage:concentrate ratio, in the form of total mixed diet. The experimental period was 90 days, and data were collected every 28 days. Feeding behavior was assessed by means of observation and recording of the daily time spent feeding, ruminating, and idling, quantification of the periods and calculation of variables related to mastication characteristics as well as feeding and rumination efficiencies. Substitution of soybean meal for peanut cake in the diets caused a linear decrease in the intake of dry matter and neutral detergent fiber but did not affect the behavioral activities of the young bulls. Peanut cake may therefore replace up to 100% of soybean meal in the diet of feedlot-finished young Nellore bulls because it does not affect the feeding behavior of these animals.