ResumoAvaliou-se o efeito do uso de dietas contendo cana de açúcar in natura e associada com ureia e/ou cal virgem, sobre o desempenho produtivo, composição do leite e digestibilidade dos alimentos em vacas leiteiras da raça Girolando. O experimento teve duração de 84 dias. Os animais foram mantidos confinados em sistema tie stall e receberam os seguintes tratamentos: Cana in natura (Ca); Cana in natura com Ureia (CaUr); Cana hidrolisada com Cal Virgem (CaCal) e Cana hidrolisada com Cal Virgem mais Ureia (CaUrCal). Foram utilizadas quatro vacas multíparas com 21 dias após o parto, distribuídas num delineamento em quadrado latino 4x4. O período experimental teve duração de 21 dias, sendo os 14 dias iniciais para adaptação dos animais à respectiva dieta, e sete dias para coleta dos dados. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste de Tukey (P<0,05). O consumo apresentado pelos animais não foi influenciado pelas dietas e a melhor eficiência alimentar foi observada nos animais que consumiram CaUrCal (1,25 kg leite/kg MS). Houve diferença entre os tratamentos para a digestibilidade de carboidratos não fibrosos, em que a dieta a base de CaCal foi superior à CaUr. Os níveis séricos de glicose e ureia foram semelhantes entre os tratamentos; porém a excreção de ureia e nitrogênio urinário foram superiores nos animais que receberam a dieta CaCal em relação aos alimentados com Ca e CaUr. O uso de dietas a base de cana com os aditivos ureia e cal virgem não influenciam a composição e a produção de leite. Palavras-chave: Digestibilidade, Girolando, produção de leite, oxido de cálcio AbstractThis study evaluated the effect of diets containing fresh sugar cane associated with urea and/or calcium oxide on the productive performance, milk composition and feed digestibility in Girolando dairy cows. The experiment lasted 84 days. Animals were feedlot using a tie stall system and assigned to the
This study examines the effect of sugarcane hydrolyzed with calcium oxide (quicklime) associated with non-protein nitrogen (a mixture of urea and ammonium sulfate) on nutrient intake, rumen degradability and kinetics, intestinal digestibility and blood and urinary parameters in dairy steers. The treatments consisted of fresh sugarcane (Sc); fresh sugarcane with urea (ScUr); sugarcane hydrolyzed with quicklime (ScQl); and sugarcane hydrolyzed with quicklime plus urea (ScUrQl), maintaining a roughage:concentrate ratio (DM basis) of 70:30. Four rumen-cannulated Jersey steers were used in a Latin square design for data collection. The animals were fed the respective diets for 72 days. Mineral matter intake differed across the treatments, with higher values obtained with the treatments containing quicklime. The average mineral matter intake was 0.27, 0.22, 0.54 and 0.48 kg day-1 for the Sc, ScUr, ScQl and ScUrQl treatments, respectively. Short-chain fatty acid and ammoniacal nitrogen concentrations, pH, rumen-fluid kinetics and potential degradability of DM (''a'' + ''b'' fractions) were not influenced by the additives. The diets containing quicklime provided an increase in calcium absorption, which averaged 18.7, 21.3, 25.8 and 26.5% for the Sc, ScUr, ScQl and ScUrQl treatments, respectively. Serum nitrogen levels were higher in the animals fed urea, averaging 12.3, 20.4, 15.3 and 21.1 mg dL-1 urea for the Sc, ScUr, ScQl and ScUrQl treatments. However, urinary glucose and nitrogen excretion levels did not differ significantly. Hydrolysis with quicklime and the inclusion of urea in sugarcane promote increases in intake, absorbed calcium and plasma nitrogen levels.
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