Fabiana Maria da Silva

TL;DR: In the semi-arid region of Brazil, a large number of cattle farms are located in rural areas and the major occupation is agriculture and livestock production as discussed by the authors, which is one of the few options in these areas, mainly in northeast Brazil, where the feeding systems are based on cultivated forage crops and use of native vegetation.

TL;DR: Nonfiber carbohydrates and total digestible nutrients intakes, feed efficiency, milk production and 3,5% fat corrected the milk production increased, while neutral detergent fiber and water intakes linearly decreased with the inclusion of spineless cactus and urea in the diet.

TL;DR: Sorghum silages and sunflower and leucena, pigeon pea and elephant grass hay associated with the spineless cactus show a good food alternative to sheep in semiarid region of the northeastern Brazil.

TL;DR: A inclusao de palma forrageira em substituicao ao milho e parte do feno de capim-tifton para vacas holandesas em lactacao influenciou a producao e a composicao do leite, exceto a concentracao dos acidos graxos de cadeia longa, que apresentou comportamento linear decrescente.

TL;DR: The heifers that received soybean meal as supplement, showed larger intake of crude protein, total digestible nutrient and average daily weight gain, and the average daily gain were 0,71 and 0,24 kg/day for heifer supplemented with wheat meal and cracked corn, respectively.