Tiago Ferreira Pinto

TL;DR: Increased levels of cactus pear in the diet of these sheep favours a high digestibility of nutrients, improves the quality of forage, reduces the voluntary intake of water, and thus represents an important source of fodder and water reserves for use in semiarid regions.

TL;DR: Cactus pear can replace up to 75% of corn in diets for feedlot Santa Ines lambs, without compromising production, carcass characteristics and production of non-carcass components.

TL;DR: In this article, a composicao bromatologica and a degradabilidade da materia seca (MS) and da fibra em detergente neutro (FDN) of silagens de capim-mombaca colhido in diferentes idades of rebrotacao (35, 45, 55, 55 and 65 dias), utilizando-se silos laboratoriais of 2kg de capacidade.

TL;DR: The results indicate that cactus pear in substitution of corn had no influence on the feeding behavior of feedlot sheep.

TL;DR: It is indicated that cactus pear can replace 100% of the corn in the diets of Santa Ines sheep kept in confinement, resulting in a decreased lipid percentage and without compromising the physical and sensory characteristics of the meat.