Canesin, Roberta Carrilho [UNESP]Berchielli, Telma Teresinha [UNESP]Reis, Ricardo Andrade [UNESP]Rey, Fernando Sebastián Baldi [UNESP]Resende, Kleber Tomás de [UNESP]De Almeida Teixeira, Izabelle Auxiliadora Molina [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272009-12-01Acta Scientiarum - Animal Sciences, v. 31, n. 4, p. 417-423, 2009.1806-26361807-8672http://hdl.handle.net/11449/71361This work was carried out to evaluate different frequencies of supplementation during the dry season. Forty-eight Nellore steers with 320 kg of initial live weight were fed with Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu pasture on a continuous stocking rate. The animals were submitted to following treatments: Daily supplementation and supplementation three times a week. The animals in both treatments received 7 kg of supplementation animal -1 weekly, and were weighted at 28-day intervals. The data were analyzed by the MIXED procedure in SAS (2004), with measurements repeated over time. The study observed average forage allowance of 4.2 tons of DM ha-1, with 3.5% CP, 82.24% NDF and 64.97% ADF. There was no difference (p < 0.01) among daily weight gains of animals who received daily supplementation and those received supplementation three times a week (0.23 and 0.13 kg day -1, respectively). Therefore, the supplementation intervals did not influence steer performance during the dry season.417-423porMaranduRotational grazing fixedSupplementWeight gainAnimaliaBrachiariaUrochloa brizanthaArtigo10.4025/actascianimsci.v31i4.5918Acesso aberto2-s2.0-764491216412-s2.0-76449121641.pdf53173859156495168605438226392855