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Valero, Maribel Velandia; Prado, Rodolpho Martin do; Zawadzki, Fernando; Eiras, Carlos Emanuel; Madrona, Grasiele Scaramal; Prado, Ivanor Nunes do. |
This work was realized to evaluate the effect of natural additives as propolis or essential oils addition on animal performance, feed intake, apparent digestibility and carcass characteristics of bulls finished in feedlot. Thirty bulls (½ Aberdeen Angus vs. ½ Nellore) were randomly assigned in one of three diets (control – CON, propolis – PRO and essential oils – OIL) and kept in feedlot (individual pen) during 55 days. CON diet consists of 45% corn silage, 40% concentrate (cracked corn, soybean meal, limestone and mineral salt) and 15% glycerine. The PRO group received same diet that control plus 3 grams to animal day-1 of propolis dry added to the concentrate. The OIL oils group received same diet that control and 3 grams to animal day-1 of essential... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Additives; Glycerine; Ruminant; Plant oils. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/23856 |
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