Performance, nutrient digestibility, and quantitative carcass traits of lambs fed sunflower seeds and Vitamin E
dc.contributor.author | De Almeida, Fabiana Alves [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Sobrinho, Américo Garcia Da Silva [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Manzi, Gabriela Milani | |
dc.contributor.author | Lima, Natália Ludmila Lins | |
dc.contributor.author | Sales, Ronaldo Oliveira | |
dc.contributor.author | Zeola, Nivea Maria Brancacci Lopes [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Endo, Viviane [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Borghi, Thiago Henrique [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Scott Consultoria | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal Do Ceará UFC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-11T17:05:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-11T17:05:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-07-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.affiliation | Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Pós-DoutorandaUNESP | |
dc.description.affiliation | Departamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias UNESP | |
dc.description.affiliation | Pesquisadora Scott Consultoria | |
dc.description.affiliation | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Discente de Doutorado UFMG | |
dc.description.affiliation | Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal Do Ceará UFC | |
dc.description.affiliation | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Discentes de Doutorado UNESP | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Departamento de Parasitologia Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Pós-DoutorandaUNESP | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Departamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias UNESP | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Discentes de Doutorado UNESP | |
dc.format.extent | 2133-2144 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n4p2133 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Semina:Ciencias Agrarias, v. 37, n. 4, p. 2133-2144, 2016. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5433/1679-0359.2016v37n4p2133 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1679-0359 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1676-546X | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-84984782774 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/173426 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Semina:Ciencias Agrarias | |
dc.relation.ispartofsjr | 0,320 | |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acesso restrito | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Antioxidant | |
dc.subject | Commercial cuts | |
dc.subject | Oilseeds | |
dc.subject | Sheep | |
dc.title | Performance, nutrient digestibility, and quantitative carcass traits of lambs fed sunflower seeds and Vitamin E | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
unesp.author.lattes | 0713613261408972[2] | |
unesp.author.orcid | 0000-0001-8134-1947[2] |