Vinicius da Silva Oliveira, Analivia M Barbosa, Ederson A de Andrade, Gercino F Virginio Júnior, Thiago V C Nascimento, Anny Graycy Vasconcelos de Oliveira Lima, Ricardo W D Portela, Jarbas M da Silva Júnior, Elzânia S Pereira, Leilson R Bezerra, Ronaldo L Oliveira
We aimed to determine the optimal inclusion level of sunflower cake (0, 90, 180, and 270 g/kg total DM) as a partial replacement of soybean meal and corn ground in young bulls' diets by examining nutrient intake and digestibility, ingestive behavior, nitrogen balance, metabolic serum profile, growth performance, and carcass traits. Thirty-two intact Nellore bulls (BW 374 ± 42.5) were distributed in a completely randomized design. The experiment lasted 90 days. The final BW of the animals was 515.25 ± 24...
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