Consumo e ganho de peso de novilhos de corte mantidos em pastagem de aveia preta (Avena strigosa Schreb) e azevém (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) recebendo diferenets tipos de suplementos

Abstract

This work was carried out to evaluate the effect of different kinds of supplement on steers intake and weight gain when kept under pasture of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) plus black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb). Twelve steers were used, procceded of Nellore/Charolais crossing, with 18 months of age and initial live weight of 230 kg. Three animals groups received a different kind of supplement between which is included soybean meal (SM), corn gluten meal (CGM) and cassava meal (CM), and a group that only received pasture or control group (CO). The grazing method was temporary grazing (5 hours), with variable stocking rate was used, to maintain 2,000 kg of dry matter/ha in herbage. For evaluates of the quality of the ingested it was carried through. For ingested pasture quality evaluation was realized hand plucking sample of grazing. In order to determine the intake, an external marker chromium oxide, in a daily dose of 10 g. There was no interaction betwen suplements and periods of evaluation. Were evaluated the dry matter intake (DMI) total (pasture + supplementation) and of pasture by kg/day and by % of life weight, animal performance (kg/dia) in relation to the supplementation used and period of use. The animals showed average gains of live weight of 0.9; 1.1; 1.4 and 1.0 kg/animal/day for the supplements CM, SM, CGM and CO, respectively. The supplementation with SM and CM did not affect the dry matter (DM) intake from the pasture, but increased the total DMI, however the increase of the intake did not affect of weight gain. The best weight gain of the animals gotten with supplements of CGM it was folloied by the biggest DMI of the pasture and total