Title:	Performance of Holstein heifers fed sugarcane silages treated with urea, sodium benzoate or Lactobacillus buchneri.
Authors:	PEDROSO, A. de F. NUSSIO, L. G. BARIONI JUNIOR, W. RODRIGUES, A. de A. LOURES, D. R. S. CAMPOS, F. de RIBEIRO, J. L. MARI, L. J. ZOPOLLATTO, M. JUNQUEIRA, M. SCHMIDT, P. PAZIANI, S. de F. HORII, J.
Affiliation:	ANDRE DE FARIA PEDROSO, CPPSE; LUIZ GUSTAVO NUSSIO, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); WALDOMIRO BARIONI JUNIOR, CPPSE; ARMANDO DE ANDRADE RODRIGUES, CPPSE; DANIELE REBOUÇAS SANTANA LOURES, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); FABIO DE CAMPOS, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); JOSÉ LEONARDO RIBEIRO, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); LUCAS JOSÉ MARI, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); MAITY ZOPOLLATTO, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); MARTA JUNQUEIRA, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); PATRICK SCHMIDT, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); SOLIDETE DE FÁTIMA PAZIANI, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq); JORGE HORII, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Esalq).
Date Issued:	2006
Citation:	Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, v. 41, n. 4, abr. 2006.
Pages:	p. 649-654
Description:	The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of heifers fed sugarcane silages produced with and without additives. Thirty-two Holstein heifers were randomly assigned, in a block design, to evaluate rations (46% silage; 54% concentrate; 12% crude protein) containing silages treated with (fresh basis) urea (0.5%), sodium benzoate (0.1%) or Lactobacillus buchneri (3.64x105 cfu g-1 ). Inoculation with L. buchneri improved daily gain (1.24 vs. 0.94 kg day-1 ), and the addition of benzoate resulted in better feed conversion (7.6 vs. 9.4 kg of dry matter per kg of live weight), in relation to the untreated silage (control). Treatments did not affect dry matter intake (mean of 2.19% of live weight). Rations containing silages treated with benzoate or L. buchneri showed lower cost per kg of weight gain. Treatment with urea did not improve animal performance, but the cost per kg of weight gain was lower than that of the control ration.
NAL Thesaurus:	weight gain
Keywords:	Additive Inoculant Nutritional value
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPPSE)