Almond powder of Irvingia smithii has been incorporated, at the doses 25 and 50 %, in mice standard ration (prepared by Matadi mill), INRB, composed wheat flour, bran pellets for rabbits to evaluate weight gain, live gain feed conversion assess motor activity after days feeding. Results showed an average increase 31.08% 8.36% groups fed food supplemented with almond respectively 25% 50% higher ...

The response of laying Japanese quails to dietary levels of energy and protein on performance, egg quality, hatchability, fertility and their effect on subsequent offspring live body weight was investigated. A total of 432 Japanese quails (13 weeks old) were divided into nine treatments. Each treatment comprised of four replicates of twelve birds (9 females and 3 males). Nine diets including th...

The effects of initial live weight (LW; 18 and 30 kg), maturity (40 and 65% mature LW) and genotype on dry matter intake (DMI), LW gain (LWG), organic matter digestibility (OMD), rumen outflow rate of solid phase and urinary allantoin-N excretion were examined in 14 and 21 female lambs from the local breed Churra da Terra Quente (CH) and Ile-de-France (IF), respectively. LW at 40 and 65% maturi...