Facilitando a adaptação de bovinos (Bos taurus indicus) para dietas de confinamento de alta proporção de concentrado utilizando Megasphaera elsdenii
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2021-05-28
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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This study evaluated the effects of Megasphaera elsdenii administration at the beginning of the
feedlot period on performance of Bos taurus indicus bulls. On d 0, 383 Nellore bulls (initial shrunk
body weight 384 ± 29.2 kg; initial age = 24 ± 2 mo) were assigned to treatments in a randomized
complete block design. Treatments consisted of 1) 14 d adaptation diet and transition to a finishing
diet (CONT), 2) CONT plus oral administration of 20 mL of Lactipro-NXT (M. elsdenii) on d 0 of
the study (MEG-14), 3) CONT diet, consisting of 6 d of adaptation diet plus oral administration of
20 mL of Lactipro-NXT on d 0 of the study (MEG-6), and 4) No adaptation diet and oral
administration of 20 mL of Lactipro-NXT on d 0 of the study (MEG-0). Experimental period lasted
119 d. No treatment effects were observed for any of the performance parameters evaluated herein
(P ≥ 0.15). Nonetheless, a treatment × wk interaction was observed for DM, NEm, and NEg
intakes (P < 0.0001). For all these parameters, MEG-0 and MEG-6 had a reduced intake vs. MEG-
14 and CONT in the first wk of the study (P ≤ 0.05). For the carcass traits, no effects were
observed for HCW (P ≥ 0.24), whereas MEG-6 had a greater REA when compared with MEG-0
and MEG-14 (quadratic effect; P = 0.04) and MEG-administered bulls tended to have a greater
BFT vs. CONT (P = 0.08). In summary, M. elsdenii administration at the beginning of the feedlot
period did not improve performance, whereas reducing the length of the adaptation period for 6 d
improved REA of finishing Bos taurus indicus bulls.
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LOPES, A. L. A. Facilitando a adaptação de bovinos (Bos taurus indicus) para dietas de confinamento de alta proporção de concentrado utilizando Megasphaera elsdenii. 2021. 49 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Zootecnia) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2021.