Christiano Raphael de Albuquerque Borges
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Christiano Raphael de Albuquerque Borges has a total of 5 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Francisco Fernando Ramos de Carvalho
Department of Animal Science, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manuel de Medeiros Street, s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil
1 shared publication - Guilherme Heliodoro Pedroso Vieira
Fed Rural Univ Pernambuco UFRPE, Dept Anim Sci, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil
1 shared publication - José Diógenes Pereira Neto
Fed Rural Univ Pernambuco UFRPE, Dept Anim Sci, BR-52171900 Recife, PE, Brazil
1 shared publication - Maria Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
1 shared publication - Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 January 2022
- Published by Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies in Animal Bioscience
- Vol. 35 (1) , 47-53
Carcass and meat traits of bubaline finished on sugarcane-based diets supplemented with spineless cactus as a replacement for wheat bran
Objective: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of increasing levels of spineless cactus (0%, 33%, 66%, and 100%) used as a substitute for wheat bran in buffalo diets on quantitative and qualitative traits of the meat and carcass.Methods: Twenty Murrah buffaloes at 18 months of age, with a mean initial weight of 292.9±57.3 kg, were randomly allocated to four treatments with five replicates. The animals were slaughtered after 90 days in the feedlot. The effects of spineless cactus as a replacement for wheat bran in the diet of the buffaloes on the carcass and meat traits, slaughter weight, carcass yield and carcass measurements were studied.Results: Increased spineless cactus levels led to linear reduction in average daily gain, slaughter weight, hot and cold carcass weight, compactness index and in the amount of muscle in the carcass, and there is no difference between the control treatment and the 33% replacing level for these parameters. The quality of the meat was not influenced by the treatments.Conclusion: Spineless cactus can replace wheat bran by up to 33% in sugarcane-based diets for buffaloes, without influencing quantitative and qualitative traits of the meat and carcass.
- 1 January 2022
- Published by Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies in Animal Bioscience
- Vol. 35 (1) , 47-53
Open AccessCarcass and meat traits of bubaline finished on sugarcane-based diets supplemented with spineless cactus as a replacement for wheat bran
Objective: An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of increasing levels of spineless cactus (0%, 33%, 66%, and 100%) used as a substitute for wheat bran in buffalo diets on quantitative and qualitative traits of the meat and carcass.Methods: Twenty Murrah buffaloes at 18 months of age, with a mean initial weight of 292.9±57.3 kg, were randomly allocated to four treatments with five replicates. The animals were slaughtered after 90 days in the feedlot. The effects of spineless cactus as a replacement for wheat bran in the diet of the buffaloes on the carcass and meat traits, slaughter weight, carcass yield and carcass measurements were studied.Results: Increased spineless cactus levels led to linear reduction in average daily gain, slaughter weight, hot and cold carcass weight, compactness index and in the amount of muscle in the carcass, and there is no difference between the control treatment and the 33% replacing level for these parameters. The quality of the meat was not influenced by the treatments.Conclusion: Spineless cactus can replace wheat bran by up to 33% in sugarcane-based diets for buffaloes, without influencing quantitative and qualitative traits of the meat and carcass.