Performance, nutrient digestibility, and quantitative carcass traits of lambs fed sunflower seeds and Vitamin E

dc.contributor.authorDe Almeida, Fabiana Alves [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSobrinho, Américo Garcia Da Silva [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorManzi, Gabriela Milani
dc.contributor.authorLima, Natália Ludmila Lins
dc.contributor.authorSales, Ronaldo Oliveira
dc.contributor.authorZeola, Nivea Maria Brancacci Lopes [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorEndo, Viviane [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBorghi, Thiago Henrique [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionScott Consultoria
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal Do Ceará UFC
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:05:23Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:05:23Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-01
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate performance, nutrient digestibility, and carcass quantitative traits of lambs fed diets with and without sunflower seeds and Vitamin E. Thirty-two uncastrated lambs at approximately 60 days of age, with 15 ± 0.2 kg, were housed in individual stalls and slaughtered at 32.0 ± 0.2 kg body weight. Treatments consisted of the following four diets: C = sugarcane + concentrate; CS = sugarcane + concentrate with sunflower seeds; CE = sugarcane + concentrate with 1,000 mg Vitamin E kg-1 diet dry matter (DM); and CSE = sugarcane + concentrate with sunflower seeds and 1,000 mg Vitamin E kg-1 diet DM. The experimental design was completely randomized, in a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement (with and without sunflower seeds and with or without Vitamin E, on the diet DM basis), and means were compared by Tukey's test at 5% significance level. Consumption of Vitamin E intake by the lambs provided (P<0.05) the highest ether extract intake (20.91 g day-1) and consequently the highest (P<0.05) digestibility of this nutrient (85.34%); however, it reduced (P<0.05) the intakes of total carbohydrates (394.81 g day-1) and non-fibrous carbohydrates (242.47 g day-1) as a direct consequence of the diet composition. Inclusion of sunflower seeds and Vitamin E in the lamb diets did not influence (P>0.05) carcass morphological or quantitative measurements. Sunflower seeds and Vitamin E showed to be satisfactory alternatives for inclusion in the concentrate for feedlot lambs, providing good performance and quality carcasses.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Pós-DoutorandaUNESP
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias UNESP
dc.description.affiliationPesquisadora Scott Consultoria
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Discente de Doutorado UFMG
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal Do Ceará UFC
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Discentes de Doutorado UNESP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Pós-DoutorandaUNESP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias UNESP
dc.description.affiliationUnespPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Discentes de Doutorado UNESP
dc.format.extent2133-2144
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n4p2133
dc.identifier.citationSemina:Ciencias Agrarias, v. 37, n. 4, p. 2133-2144, 2016.
dc.identifier.doi10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n4p2133
dc.identifier.issn1679-0359
dc.identifier.issn1676-546X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84984782774
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/173426
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSemina:Ciencias Agrarias
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,320
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAntioxidant
dc.subjectCommercial cuts
dc.subjectOilseeds
dc.subjectSheep
dc.titlePerformance, nutrient digestibility, and quantitative carcass traits of lambs fed sunflower seeds and Vitamin Een
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes0713613261408972[2]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8134-1947[2]

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