Rosana Maia

• PhD in Animal Science
• Animal Nutritionist at Brasil Foods

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of essential-to-total nitrogen (eN-to-tN) ratios supplemented with nonessential amino acids (NEAAs) in low-protein diets on the performance, nitrogen retention and blood parameters of broiler chickens from 8 day to 21 day posthatch. A total of 300 male Cobb® 500 chickens were weighed and allocated t...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary nitrogen-corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) levels on meat-type quail performance and carcass traits from 1 to 14d of age. A total of 1120 not sexed meat-type quails were randomly distributed to seven treatments, with eight replicates with 20 quails each. A basal corn and...

Three experiments were carried out to estimate the optimal ratios of digestible phenylalanine + tyrosine (Phe + Tyr), histidine (His), and leucine (Leu) relative to digestible lysine (Lys) for performance and carcass criteria of Cobb-500 broilers from 8 to 17 d of age. In each experiment, 160 male chicks were allocated to a completely randomized ex...

Considering that Val may potentially be a limiting amino acid for laying hens, an experiment was carried out to determine the ideal digestible Val-to-Lys ratio in the diets of 42- to 54-wk-old brown layers. Literature reports are divergent, with ratios varying between 86 and 102%, which suggests that further research is needed. Five different diges...

The coefficients of apparent and true digestibility of calcium (Ca) of eight feedstuffs for pigs were determined. A total of 60 barrows were housed in metabolism cages and distributed in a completely randomized design in a factorial 2 X 10 (treatments X methods) and 6 replicates per treatment. Treatments consisted of eight feedstuffs, a basal diet...

This study aimed to evaluate the inclusion of sunflower meal and an enzyme complex supplement on the performance and carcass parameters in swine from 30 to 100 kg live weight. A total of 96 pigs with average live weight of 32.19 ± 3.27 kg were distributed in a randomized blocks design with a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments (four levels of...

The experiment was conducted with the objective evaluating the different digestible threonine: digestible lysine ratio and supplementation or not of glycine on the performance of broilers in the period from eight to 21 days of age. Five hundred and sixty male broiler chicks of the Cobb strain were used, distributed in a completely randomized design...

Two experiments were carried out to evaluate digestible arginine:lysine, isoleucine:lysine, valine:lysine and tryptophan:lysine ratios for male broilers in two periods: 7 - 21 (starter) and 28 - 40 (finisher) days of age. A total of 1800 starter and 1440 finisher broilers were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design with 9 treatm...

The experiment was conducted with the objective evaluating the different digestible threonine: digestible lysine ratio and supplementation or not of glycine on the performance of broilers in the period from eight to 21 days of age. Five hundred and sixty male broiler chicks of the Cobb strain were used, distributed in a completely randomized design...

The experiment was conducted with the objective evaluating the effect of supplementation of glycine in diets with different digestible threonine:digestible lysine ratios on the activity of enzymes that metabolize threonine. Five hundred and sixty male broiler chicks from the Cobb strain were used during the period of 8 to 21 days, distributed in a...