Abstract
This research was conducted to assess the ingestive behavior during 24 hours in eight periods of the day of 24 Limousin x Nellore young bulls in feedlot, fed with diets containing 0; 15; 30 and 45% of whole corn germ. At 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., the animals were fed with a roughage:concentrate ration of 25:75. The inclusion of whole corn germ in the diets did not affect the time spent with food intake, sleeping and other activities, neither the frequencies of water drinking, urination and defecation. Food intake occurred more often during the periods when animals were fed, spending in average 137.10 minutes with this activity. Animals slept more during the night, from 2 to 5 a.m., whereas the time spent with other activities was higher from 5 to 8 p.m. Whole corn germ levels affected the rumination and leisure time in a quadratic form, with the 30% level showing higher rumination time (28.3% of the daily time), and lower leisure time (42.24% of the daily time). Animals submitted to different levels of whole corn germ showed distinct behavior for rumination, leisure, food intake, sleeping and other activities, and frequencies of water drinking, urination and defecation, during the different periods of the day. The inclusion of whole corn germ to the diet of bovines provides greater rumination time and modifies the distribution of this activity during the day. KEYWORDS: byproducts; ether extract; food intake; leisure; rumination.
Highlights
Sleeping and other activities, and frequencies of water the diet of bovines provides greater rumination time and drinking, urination and defecation, during the different modifies the distribution of this activity during the day. periods of the day
This research was conducted to assess the ingestive behavior during 24 hours in eight periods of the day of 24 Limousin x Nellore young bulls in feedlot, fed with diets containing 0; 15; 30 and 45% of whole corn germ
O subproduto gérmen de milho integral é originado do processamento por via seca do grão de milho, em que não ocorre a extração do óleo da porção de gérmen
Summary
FABRÍCIA ROCHA CHAVES MIOTTO1, JOSÉ NEUMAN MIRANDA NEIVA1, JOÃO RESTLE2, ALENCARIANO JOSÉ DA SILVA FALCÃO1, KÉLVIA JÁCOME DE CASTRO3, RAYLON PEREIRA MACIEL4. Objetivou-se avaliar o comportamento ingestivo durante 24 horas em oito períodos do dia, de 24 tourinhos Limousin x Nelore terminados em confinamento, alimentados com quatro níveis do subproduto gérmen de milho integral na dieta (0, 15, 30, 45%). A adição de gérmen de milho integral às dietas não influenciou os tempos despendidos em alimentação, dormindo e em outras atividades, nem as frequências de procura por água, micção e defecação. Ócio, alimentação, dormindo e outras atividades, além das frequências de ingestão de água, micção e defecação, comportaram-se de forma distinta para os diferentes períodos do dia. A inclusão de gérmen de milho integral à dieta de bovinos proporciona maior tempo de ruminação e modifica a distribuição desta atividade durante o dia. INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR OF YOUNG BULLS FED DIETS CONTAINING LEVELS OF WHOLE CORN GERM
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