Zeolite in the diet of beef cattle&

Authors

  • Larissa Rodrigues de Azevedo Câmara
  • Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho
  • Ana Paula Cardoso Gomide
  • Maria Ignez Leão
  • Bruno Andreatta Scottá
  • Camila Carneiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n26.1168

Keywords:

additive, nutrition, ruminants, urea, zeolite

Abstract

The establishment of beef cattle is a rise in circulation in various regions of Brazil. As eating is the main factor of cost of owner ship, it becomes very important to study ways to enhance the ability of dietary energy utilization by animals, makingit feasibleto use certain nutrients. For this reason, in recent years, there has been considerable interest in reducing losses of nitrogen (N) by ruminants. Among these means is the use of additives, some of which areal ready consolidated (antibiotics, ionophores, buffers) and others are still being evaluated (zeolite). The high cation exchange capacity and the marked preference for do NH4+, K+, Ca2+, Na+ e Mg2+  believe that the zeolite has a high potential to be used as a food additive.

Published

2015-09-16

Issue

Section

Nutrição e alimentação animal

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