Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro
@portalpadrao.ufma.br
Centro de Ciências de Chapadinha
Universidade Federal do Maranhão
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Animal Science and Zoology, Aquatic Science
Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Rômulo Jordão Neves Aroucha, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Rafael Silva Marchão, and Dáphinne Cardoso Nagib do Nascimento
Elsevier BV
Aline da Silva Rocha, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Rafael Silva Marchão, Thaisa Sales Costa, Guilherme Silva Santana, Márcia Café Coelho, Gilmar Amaro Pereira, David Ramos da Rocha, Antônio Cleber da Silva Camargo, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro,et al.
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Rafael Silva Marchão, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Maylanne Sousa de Lima, Vanessa Ferreira Batista, Aline da Silva Rocha, Gilmar Amaro Pereira, Thaisa Sales Costa, David Ramos da Rocha,et al.
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Rafael S. Marchão, Felipe B. Ribeiro, Marcos A. D. Bomfim, Gilmar A. Pereira, Aline da Silva Rocha, Luiz V. O. Vidal, Carlos E. Copatti, and José F. B. Melo
Hindawi Limited
Jakeline Veras da Silva, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Dáphinne Cardoso Nagib do Nascimento, and Rafael Silva Marchão
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum ) is one of the highly produced freshwater fish in Brazilian fish farming. However, its production efficiency associated with the refinement of diet formulations is limited due to a lack of information on nutritional requirements for certain essential amino acids such as valine. This study was designed to estimate the valine requirement of tambaqui having different body weights. A total of 720 juveniles were used in the feed trials. The first trial consisted of 360 fish with an average initial weight of 33.28 ±0.19 g, and the second trial comprised 360 fish (121.19 ±1.29 g). The trials consisted of dose-response experiments with five levels of valine (5.0, 7.0, 9.0, 11.0, and 13.0 g/kg diet) and four replicate tanks per treatment. The control diet was obtained by adding L-valine to the diet containing 5.0 g/kg diet (the first level of valine tested) to ensure it reached the diet containing 7.0 g/kg diet, corresponding to the second level tested. Analysis of variance, Dunnett’s test for comparison with the control diet, and regression analysis were performed. The results showed that the valine intake, weight gain, specific growth rate, and feed conversion ratio were significantly improved by the dietary valine (P < 0.05) in both trials. Dietary levels of valine exerted quadratic effects on body protein, body fat, body protein deposition, and nitrogen retention efficiency of tambaqui with 33 g and 121 g as body fat deposition was affected by the dietary valine level only in tambaqui weighing 33 g. Quadratic regression analysis of body protein deposition data revealed the optimum dietary valine requirement of tambaqui (33.0 g-83.0 g) and (121.0 g-277.0 g) as 11.9 g/kg diet and 9.1 g/kg diet, respectively.
Marilene Costa Sousa, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa Siqueira, Rafael Silva Marchão, Thalles José Rêgo Sousa, and Sylvia Sanae Takishita
Hindawi Limited
J.C. Siqueira, F. C. Vieira Filho, D.C.N. Nascimento, M.A.D. Bomfim, N.A.A. Barbosa, J.A. Araújo, F.B. Ribeiro, and F.L. Oliveira
Elsevier BV
Dayana da Conceição da Costa, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Neliane Galvão Porto, and Rafael da Silva Marchão
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Among a variety of hybrids produced in Brazil, tambatinga is obtained from the crossing of a tambaqui female with a pirapitinga male. Although rapid weight gain in less time is an attractive characteristic from a commercial viewpoint, the information on its nutritional requirements, especially amino acid requirements, is limited. As corn and soybean meal-based diets available for fish contain deficient levels of essential amino acid methionine, our objective was to determine the digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratio in diets for tambatinga fingerlings. We used 900 fish with initial weights varying from 1.49 ±0.59 to 4.14 ±1.70 g, and they were fed six types of diets with different digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratios (50, 55, 60, 65, 70, and 75%). Performance parameters such as food efficiency, body depositions of protein, fat, and ash, and nitrogen retention efficiency were evaluated. The increase of digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratio in the diet improved quadraticly the feed intake, consumption of digestible methionine plus cystine, weight gain, specific growth rate and feed conversion, protein deposition and body ash and retention efficiency nitrogen until the estimated ratios of 57%, 73%, 58%, 58% and 59%, 59%, 58% and 60%, respectively; and reduced linearly the efficiency of using methionine plus cystine for the weight gain. On the other hand, body fat deposition was not affected. We concluded that the digestible methionine plus cystine: lysine ratio in the rations for tambatinga fingerlings is 59%, for provide better performance and body protein deposition.
Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Rafael Silva Marchão, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Dayana da Conceição da Costa, and Maylanne Sousa de Lima
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Cross breeding of native fish species is a technique to produce hybrids that can express higher weight gain and feed efficiency compared to the parental species. The digestible threonine requirement in diets for tambatinga fingerlings (Colossoma macropomum ♀ x Piaractus brachypomus ♂) was determined in this study. For this, 700 fingerlings with an average initial weight of 2.39 ±0.02 g and average final weight of 35.96 ±2.03 g were distributed in a completely randomized design consisting of six treatments (0.600, 0.800, 1.000, 1.200, 1.400, and 1.600% digestible threonine) and five replicates per treatment, with 20 fish per experimental unit. Diets were formulated by the “diet dilution” technique using the ideal protein concept. Performance, feed efficiency, body depositions of protein, ash and fat, and nitrogen retention efficiency of the fish were evaluated. The digestible threonine levels that optimized weight gain, specific growth rate, and feed conversion ratio were 1.40, 1.27 and 1.10%, respectively. Body deposition of fat was reduced in a quadratic manner (p<0.01), and the body depositions of protein and ash, together with the efficiency of nitrogen retention, were optimized by the digestible threonine level of 1.20; 1.33, and 0.82%, respectively. The recommended digestible threonine level in the diet for tambatinga fingerlings is 1.20 to 1.40% (0.40 and 0.47% Mcal DE-1) to obtain higher body deposition of protein and weight gain, respectively.
Rafael Silva Marchão, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Janayra Cardoso Silva, Thalles José Rêgo de Sousa, Daphinne Cardoso Nagib do Nascimento, and Marilene da Costa Sousa
Elsevier BV
Neliane Galvão Porto, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Rafael Silva Marchão, and Dayana da Conceição da Costa
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT Methionine is an essential amino acid, and generally, the first limiting one in the diets of tambaqui, the main native fish produced in continental aquaculture in South America. However, there is a lack of information on their amino acid requirement, especially for maintenance and efficiency of utilization. The present study aimed to determine the requirement of [methionine plus cystine] for the maintenance and efficiency of utilization using tambaqui of different body weights. Two experiments were carried out using 250 tambaqui with weights of 100 and 300 g. They were distributed in a completely randomized design with four treatment groups (0.264, 0.396, 0.528, and 0.660% of digestible [Met + Cys]), five replications. The control treatment (CT) was performed with the addition of methionine at the first level (0.264%) until the second level was reached (0.396%). The maintenance requirement was determined by the regression analysis between the consumption of [Met + Cys] and protein retention equal to zero. The efficiency was determined using the value of the slope coefficient of the line obtained by the linear regression. The protein and methionine retention values of tambaqui weighing 100 to 300 g were compared by the parallelism test, and no difference was observed between the parameters of the equations indicating the need for only one equation to describe the responses to body weights. The requirement of digestible [Met + Cys] for the maintenance of tambaqui with weights from 100 to 300 g was 60.47 mg kg-0.7 day-1 and the efficiency of utilization of 42%.
Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Rafael Silva Marchão, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Louis Ramos Silva, and Sylvia Sanae Takishita
GN1 Genesis Network
The objective of this study was to determine the digestible tryptophan requirement of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) fingerlings and its relationship with digestible lysine. A total of 300 tambaqui fingerlings with three initial weights (2.12 ± 1.19, 8.13 ± 0.75, and 15.18 ± 1.91 g) were distributed in a randomized complete block design, consisting of six treatments (0.225, 0.256, 0.288, 0.319, 0.350, and 0.381% of digestible tryptophan) and five replicates of 10 fish per plot. The tryptophan to lysine ratio was estimated using a 1.78% level of digestible lysine. Variables regarding performance, food efficiency, and body deposition of protein, fat, and ashes, and nitrogen retention efficiency were evaluated. Feed intake and nitrogen retention efficiency did not vary. For the digestible tryptophan intake, feed conversion and body deposition of ashes, the model that best fit was the Linear Response Plateau, with these variables improving with the elevation of digestible tryptophan concentration up to the levels of 0.335, 0.276 and 0.259%, respectively. Weight gain, specific growth rate, digestible tryptophan efficiency for weight gain, and body deposition of protein and fat increased in a quadratic manner with elevated digestible tryptophan levels; the estimated optimal levels were 0.320, 0.310, 0.280, 0.323 and 0.299%, respectively. The recommended digestible tryptophan level in rations for tambaqui fingerlings is 0.323%, corresponding to 0.108%/Mcal of digestible energy with a digestible tryptophan to lysine ratio of 18%.
T.V.R. Sousa, J.C. Siqueira, D.C.N. Nascimento, F.B. Ribeiro, M.A.D. Bomfim, A.C.D. Leão, J.O.M. Costa, and F. C. Vieira Filho
Elsevier BV
The objective of the present study was to estimate and compare allometric coefficients of the major chemical components of meat quail raised in different thermal environments, based on protein weight of feather free body (FFB) and feathers. In total, 300 meat quail, males and females, were distributed in a completely randomized design with 2 treatments (climatized environment, 26°C, and non-climatized environment, 29°C) and 6 replicates of 25 birds each. On the first day, 36 birds were selected to form the reference group and from this day on, 2 quail were weekly sampled from each cage. All selected birds were fasted for 24 h, weighed, slaughtered, plucked, and reweighed. The FFB and feathers were ground separately to obtain homogeneous samples, which were freeze-dried to determine the water content, and thereafter, ground again in a micromill before analyzing for protein, lipid, and ash using AOAC procedures. The adjustment of the allometric equations was made using crude protein (CP) weight as the independent variable and water, lipid, and ash weight as the dependent variables. The data of each dependent variable were transformed into natural logarithm (ln), regressed according to lnCP, and subjected to a parallelism test. In the FFB, water showed early development and lipid and ash showed late development in relation to the CP weight. In feathers, water and ash weight showed early development in relation to the feathers protein weight, whereas lipids showed late development. The environments of 26°C and 29°C did not affect the allometric coefficients that described the growth between the chemical components in the body and in the feathers, except for lipids in male FFB, that showed higher allometric coefficient at 29°C than 26°C. Describing the allometric relationships between the major chemical components of meat quail body is an important step in supporting future research comprised modeling of body growth and nutrition for meat quail.
THALLES JOSÉ REGO SOUSA, MARCOS ANTONIO DELMONDES BOMFIM, FELIPE BARBOSA RIBEIRO, SYLVIA SANAE TAKISHITA, and DAYANA DA CANCEIÇÃO DA COSTA
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the digestible phosphorus requirement in rations for tambaqui fingerlings (Colossoma macropomum). 900 fingerlings (0.51 ± 0.06 g) were used in a completely randomized design with six treatments, five replicates, and thirty fish per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of six diets with different digestible phosphorus levels (0.12, 0.33, 0.54, 0.75, 0.95, and 1.16%). The fish were fed six times a day, for 63 days. Performance, feed efficiency, and the daily protein, fat, ash, and phosphorus deposition rates of fish were evaluated. The treatments did not influence the feed intake. The elevation of phosphorus levels increased the digestible phosphorus intake linearly, and improved of quadratic form the weight gain, specific growth rate, feed:gain ratio, protein efficiency for weight gain, and daily protein, fat, ash, and phosphorus depositions up to the estimated levels of 0.64, 0.66, 0.70, 0.70, 0.62, 0.62, 0.70, 0.71%, respectively. The phosphorus efficiency for weight gain worsened with the elevation of phosphorus levels. The recommendation of digestible phosphorus level in rations for tambaqui fingerlings to optimize weight gain and body phosphorus deposition is 0.71%, which corresponds to the estimated level of 1.04% total phosphorus.
Flávio Oliveira Souza, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Eduardo Arruda Teixeira Lanna, Thalles José Rêgo de Sousa, and Dayana da Conceição da Costa
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate ratio of methionine plus cystine to lysine in rations for tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) juveniles, with initial weights of 0.28 ± 0.08 g and 0.94 ± 0.33 g. A randomized block design consisting of six treatments, five replicates in two blocks, and 20 fish per replicate was implemented. Six isolisinic (1.45%), isoenergetic, isophosphoric, and isocalcic diets, containing different ratios of methionine plus cystine to digestible lysine (50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, and 75%) were used. Performance and feed efficiency variables, including body composition (moisture, protein, and fat), daily protein deposition rate, daily fat deposition rate, and nitrogen retention efficiency, were evaluated. The specific growth rate and feed conversion presented quadratic effects, with maximum effects from the digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratio of 64.4% and 64.8%, respectively. The increase in digestible methionine plus cystine intake resulted in a linear reduction in body fat content with the elevation of the digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratio. The digestible methionine plus cystine to lysine ratio recommended in rations for tambaqui fingerlings is 64.8%.
Danielli Dos Santos Firmo, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Eduardo Arruda Teixeira Lanna, Sylvia Sanae Takishita, Thalles José Rego de Souza, and Neliane Galvão Porto
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
The objective of this study was to determine the optimal digestible threonine to lysine ratios in diets of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) juveniles. Five-hundred fish with a mean ± SE initial weight of 2.16 ± 0.03 g were used in a completely randomized design, consisting of four treatments, five replicates per treatment, and 25 fish per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of four isoenergetic, isophosphoric, isocalcic, and isolisinic (1.45%) diets, consisting of a basal diet supplemented with four L-threonine levels (1.013, 1.085, 1.158, and 1.230%), resulting in different threonine to lysine ratios (70, 75, 80, and 85%). Fish were maintained in twenty 500-L aquaria with independent water supply, drainage, and aeration systems, and were fed to apparent satiation six times a day for 45 days. Performance, feed efficiency, daily protein and fat deposition, body moisture content, and nitrogen retention efficiency of fish were evaluated. The digestible threonine intake increased linearly, and the efficiency of threonine for weight gain decreased quadratically, with increasing digestible threonine to lysine ratios. Weight gain, specific growth rate, feed:gain ratio, protein efficiency for weight gain, and nitrogen retention efficiency of fish increased in a quadratic manner with increasing digestible threonine to lysine ratios up to the levels of 75.96, 76.06, 76.36, 76.47, and 74.02%, respectively. It was concluded that the digestible threonine to lysine ratio for use in diets of juvenile tambaqui to achieve optimal performance and nitrogen retention efficiency is 76 and 74%, respectively, which corresponds to a digestible threonine level of 1.102 and 1.073%.
Thalles José Rego de Sousa, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Eduardo Arruda Teixeira Lanna, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Janayra Cardoso Silva, and Rafael Silva Marchão
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
The aim of this study was to determine the requirement of digestible phosphorus in diets for juvenile tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). 300 juveniles (26.4 ± 0.68 g) were used in a completely randomized design, consisting of six treatments with five replicates and 10 fish per experimental unit. The treatments consisted of six isoprotein, isonitrogenous, and isocalcium rations, with different levels of digestible phosphorus: 0.27; 0.46; 0.67; 0.91; 1.04; and 1.14%. The fish were kept in 30 polyethylene tanks (500 L) with a closed water circulation system and fed six meals per day for 49 days. Parameters of performance and feed efficiency, daily protein, and fat, ash, and phosphorus deposition rates were evaluated. The elevation of digestible phosphorus provided a quadratic increase in feed consumption to a level of 0.92%, linear increase in the consumption of digestible phosphorus, and quadratic reduction in the efficiency of digestible phosphorus for weight gain. The linear response plateau model was the best fit for weight gain and specific growth rate, estimated at 0.55% and 0.56% digestible phosphorus, respectively. The feed conversion and protein efficiency for weight gain improved quadratically up to an estimated level of 0.84% of digestible phosphorus. Body fat deposition improved quadratically up to an estimated level of 0.90% of digestible phosphorus. The linear response plateau model was the best fit for body deposition of protein, ash, and phosphorus, estimated at 0.55%, 0.46%, and 0.59% of digestible phosphorus, respectively. To optimize weight gain, the recommended level of digestible phosphorus in diets for juvenile tambaqui is 0.55%, which corresponds to an estimated level of 0.87% of total phosphorus.
Janayra Cardoso Silva, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Eduardo Arruda Teixeira Lanna, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Thalles José Rêgo de Sousa, Rafael Silva Marchão, and Daphinne Cardoso Nagib do Nascimento
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
The aim of this study was to determine the requirement for lysine in the diet of juvenile tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum). In total, 750 juvenile fish (0.34 ± 0.02g) were distributed in tanks arranged in a randomized block design with six treatments, five replications in two blocks, and 25 fish per unit, for 50 d. Six levels of digestible lysine were tested (1.30, 1.48, 1.66, 1.84, 2.02, and 2.20%), in formulated diets based on the ideal protein concept. The performance, feed efficiency, daily deposition of protein and body fat, and nitrogen retention efficiency of the fish were evaluated. The consumption of rations and protein, specific growth rate, body composition, and deposition of body fat were not influenced by the lysine levels tested. The consumption of digestible lysine increased linearly and the efficiency of digestible lysine for weight gain decreased linearly with the increase in lysine levels. The levels of digestible lysine that optimized weight gain and body protein deposition were estimated at 1.73 and 1.78%, respectively. The feed conversion and nitrogen retention efficiency were most improved at 1.66% and 1.84%, respectively. The recommended level of dietary lysine for providing better weight gain and body protein deposition in juvenile tambaqui is 1.78%, equivalent to 2.00% total lysine.
G.N. Piedade, J.C. Siqueira, D.S. Bonfim, T.V.R. Sousa, Y.O.T. Marzullo, F.C. Viera Filho, D.C. Nagib Nascimento, M.A.D. Bomfim, and F.B. Ribeiro
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
RESUMO Objetivou-se comparar os coeficientes alométricos (b) que descrevem o crescimento das partes e dos órgãos de codornas de corte mantidas em diferentes ambientes térmicos. Foram utilizadas 300 codornas distribuídas em delineamento inteiramente ao acaso, com dois tratamentos (ambiente climatizado, AC) com temperatura de 26ºC e ambiente sem climatização (ASC, 32oC) e seis repetições de 25 aves. Ajustaram-se equações alométricas em função do peso em jejum (PJ) para as variáveis: peso do peito (PPEI), coxa (PCX), sobrecoxa (PSCX), asa (PASA), coração (PCOR), fígado (PFÍG), moela (PMOE) e intestino (PINT). Para comparar os “b” das partes e dos órgãos das aves mantidas nos diferentes ambientes, realizaram-se testes de paralelismo. Não houve diferença entre os “b” em nenhuma das partes e dos órgãos das codornas mantidos no ambiente AC ou no ASC. Observou-se que os PPEI e os PSCX apresentaram crescimento heterogônico positivo (b>1), os PCX crescimento isogônico (b=1), os PASA e os órgãos crescimento heterogônico negativo (b<1) em relação ao PJ. Os “b” que descrevem o crescimento das partes e dos órgãos de codornas de corte mantidas nos diferentes ambientes não são influenciados. O peso do peito e o da sobrecoxa apresentaram crescimento tardio, a asa e os órgãos (coração, fígado, moela e intestino) crescimento precoce, e o peso da coxa apresentou crescimento proporcional em relação ao peso em jejum.
Jordane De Oliveira Borges, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Humberto Campos Diniz, Regilene Aragão de Carvalho, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Dáphinne Cardoso Nagib Nascimento, and Thiago Vinícius Ramos de Sousa
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
We aimed to evaluate the effects of shed roof(SR) typeand the inclusion of babassu pie (BP) in rations on the productive characteristics ofmeat quailsfrom days 14 to 28 and days14 to 40. We studied 896 meatquails. The experimental design was completely randomized with a 4x4 factorial arrangement, using four types of shedroofs (fiber cement, ceramic, straw, and painted fiber cement) and four rations (with 0, 5, 10, and 15% inclusion of babassu pie). The performance variables evaluated from 14 to 28 and 14 to 40 days included food intake (FI, g/bird), mean weight gain (WG, g/bird), food conversion (FC, g/g), mean live weight on day 28 (MW28, g/bird), mean live weight on day 40 (MW40, g/bird), and energy efficiency (EF; g Mcal). After slautherthe birds on day 40, we measured the carcass weight (CW) and the carcass yield (CY, %), obtained for the breast (BY), legs (LGY), and wings (WINGY). We also obtained the relative weight of the heart (HRW), liver (LRW), gizzard (GRW), and intestine (IRW). To compare the economic efficiency between the experimental rations, we analyzed the cost of ration per kg of carcass (CC) and determined the gross margin (GM). Between day 14 and day 28, we found that the use of SR influenced the FI28, WG28, and the MW28 of the quails (p < 0.05). BP did not affect FI28 (p > 0.05), but it linearly improved WG28, FC28, MW28, and EF28. Between days 14 and 40, we found that SR influenced the WG40, FC40, MW40, and EF40 of the quails (p < 0.05) and that a BP increased the FI40, WG40, and MW40 in a quadratic manner. SR and BP did not affect the CW, BY, WINGY, LGY, HRW, LRW,or IRW. However, BP influenced MGRW, which increased linearly with the inclusion of BP. We concluded that a ceramic roof provides better environmental conditions than do other shed roofs. The inclusion of BP improved the performance characteristics, and it was technically feasible to include up to 15% BP in the rations of meat quails. Based on the current cost analysis, however, the inclusion of BP is economically unfeasible.
K.J.A. Soares, F.B. Ribeiro, M.A.D. Bomfim, and R.S. Marchão
Cordoba University Press (UCOPress)
O experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de determinar a composição química e os coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente da matéria seca (CDAMS), proteína bruta (CDAPB), extrato etéreo (CDAEE) e da energia bruta (CDAEB) de alimentos alternativos para o tambaqui. No experimento foram utilizados 108 tambaquis com peso médio de 165,3 ± 15,6 g, em seis tratamentos e três repetições, sendo seis peixes por parcela experimental. Foram confeccionadas seis rações experimentais, sendo uma ração referência, baseada de farelo de soja e milho, e, as demais contendo 70% da ração referência, e 30% dos alimentos testados (farelo de arroz integral (FAI), farinha do feno da folha da leucena (FFL), farinha do feno da folha da mandioca (FFM), raspa da raiz integral da mandioca (RRIM) e a torta de babaçu (TB)). Para avaliar a digestibilidade aparente dos nutrientes, utilizou-se o método indireto de coleta de fezes por decantação e dióxido de titânio como indicador inerte adicionado à dieta em uma concentração de 0,1 %. Dentre os alimentos avaliados, a FFM, FFL e da TB contêm elevados teores de fibras, o que reduz os coeficientes de digestibilidade dos referidos alimentos. O FAI e a RRIM apresentam os maiores CDAMS, CDAPB, CDAEE e CDAEB, indicando que podem ser alimentos com potencial no uso em rações para tambaqui.
Dihego Silva Bonfim, Jefferson Costa de Siqueira, Marcos Antonio Delmondes Bomfim, Felipe Barbosa Ribeiro, Francisco Loiola de Oliveira, Daphinne Cardoso Nagib Nascimento, and Solange De Araujo Melo
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of ambient temperature and consumption on the performance, carcass yields and cuts, organs, and body temperatures of meat quails. The experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Maranhão, campus of Chapadinha-MA, during September to October 2013. From the 14th day of age, 450 meat quails, not sexed, with an average initial weight of 90.4 ± 12.9 g, were distributed in batteries and accommodated in either acclimatized or non-acclimatized rooms, until 42 days of age. The experimental design was completely randomized, with three treatments, and six replicates of 25 birds each. The treatments were CE (acclimatized environment at 26 °C); NE (natural environment), and CECC (acclimatized environment at 26 °C with controlled feed, to keep the same consumption level as that of the birds in NE). The evaluated variables at 28 and 42 days of age were as follows: (1) the intake of feed, weight gain, feed conversion, body weight, and energy efficiency to weight gain, (2) the carcass weight, carcass yields (%) for breast, thigh, drumstick, and wing, and (3) the relative weights (%) of the digestive tract, heart, liver, gizzard, and intestine. In addition, we evaluated the cloacal and surface temperatures (°C), and subsequently, calculated the average and surface body temperatures. The treatment means were compared using the Student-Newman-Keuls test, with 5% level of significance. Compared with the acclimatized ambient environment, the natural environment more favored the performance of quails up to 28 days, but then affected it negatively from that age onward. Carcass yield, organs, and internal temperature of the quails maintained in the acclimatized and natural environments were not influenced.
EDUARDO ARRUDA TEIXEIRA LANNA, MARCOS ANTONIO DELMONDES BOMFIM, FELIPE BARBOSA RIBEIRO, and MOISÉS QUADROS
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT: The present study evaluated the feeding frequency of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fed low-protein diets (29% crude protein) supplemented with commercial amino acids (L-lysine-HCl, DL-methionine, and L-threonine). Sex-reversed Nile tilapia (240) of Thai origin, with initial body weight of 0.93 ± 0.03 g each, were allocated in a completely randomized design, to five groups with various feeding frequencies (2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 times a day). Six replications were conducted on separate experimental units comprising eight fishes each. The fish were maintained in 30 130-L aquariums, each equipped with individual water supply and controlled temperature and aeration. Fish were fed identical quantities among all treatments over a period of 30 days. Performance parameters, feed conversion efficiency, body composition, daily protein and fat deposition rates, and nitrogen retention efficiency were evaluated. Increased feeding frequency affected neither performance parameters nor body composition. Values for protein and fat deposition rates and nitrogen retention efficiency were significantly lower in fish fed twice daily than in those fed five times daily. Fish subjected to other feeding frequencies yielded intermediate values without any significant differences. The minimum feeding frequency of Nile tilapia fingerlings fed a low-protein ration supplemented with commercial amino acids is three times a day, owing to increased protein deposition rates and nitrogen retention efficiency.
CHARLYAN DE SOUSA LIMA, MARCOS ANTONIO DELMONDES BOMFIM, JEFFERSON COSTA DE SIQUEIRA, FELIPE BARBOSA RIBEIRO, and EDUARDO ARRUDA TEIXEIRA LANNA
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
ABSTRACT: Tambaqui is intensively farmed because of its production characteristics; however, there is a lack of information lacks about the nutritional requirements of this species. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of various crude protein (CP) levels in the diets of tambaqui fingerlings. A total of 750 fingerlings with an initial weight of 0.35 ± 0.09 g were selected in a completely randomized design with six treatments (experimental feeds with 20%, 24%, 28%, 32%, 36%, and 40% CP), five replicates, and 25 fish per experimental unit. Performance, survival rate, carcass yield, body composition, protein deposition, body fat, and nitrogen retention efficiency were evaluated after 45 days. CP levels did not affect the following: feed conversion, survival rate, moisture content, and carcass yield. However, with increasing CP levels, protein efficiency ratio decreased. Weight gain, feed conversion, and specific growth rate improved until CP levels of 31.57%, 28.90%, and 31.12%, respectively, were achieved. Quadratic effects of elevated CP levels on body fat and body fat deposition were observed at minimum CP levels of 26.55% and 23.77%, respectively; and on body protein, body protein deposition, and nitrogen retention efficiency at maximum CP levels of 29.26%, 32.50%, and 27.21%, respectively. We conclude that a CP level of 31.57% is recommended for the diets of tambaqui fingerlings weighing between 0.35 and 15.11 g, which corresponds to a digestible energy:CP ratio of 9.50 kcal DE/g CP.
J. R. Silva, F. Ribeiro, M. D. Bomfim, and J. Siqueira
Cordoba University Press (UCOPress)
O experimento foi conduzido com o objetivo de determinar a composição química do farelo de mandioca, sua energia metabolizável aparente e verdadeira corrigidas e os coeficientes de metabolização da matéria seca, proteína bruta e energia para frangos de crescimento lento. No experimento foram utilizados 352 frangos em diferentes idades, distribuídos aleatoriamente em três tratamentos com seis repetições compostas pelas rações referências (RRs) formuladas para três diferentes idades e as rações teste (60 % da RRs mais 40 % do farelo de mandioca). O método utilizado foi a coleta total de excretas. Para todas as variáveis estudadas houve um aumento da utilização da energia, matéria seca e proteína bruta das aves com o avanço da idade das mesmas. A composição química do farelo de mandioca apresenta grande variação quando comparados aos valores encontrados na literatura, o que pode interferir de sobremaneira nos valores de energia metabolizável encontrados para este alimento. Nas formulações de rações para frangos de crescimento lento utilizando o farelo de mandioca em sua composição deve-se levar em consideração a idade do animal, visto que com o avanço da idade há melhoria quanto à utilização da energia e da proteína bruta pelas aves. No tocante aos coeficientes de metabolização da matéria seca, proteína bruta e das energias obtidos neste estudo, estes são relativamente altos, indicando que o farelo de mandioca pode ser um alimento com potencial no uso para frangos de crescimento lento e na avicultura alternativa.