RESUMO A pesquisa foi desenvolvida para avaliar o efeito da utilização de probiótico (Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subitillis, leveduras e Saccharomyces cerevisiae e Saccharomyces boulardi) em rações para tilápias, nas fases de alevino e juvenil, submetidas a desafio sanitário sobre o desempenho, a composição bromatológica da carcaça dos animais e a qualidade da água. Foram utilizados 360 alevinos, com peso médio inicial de 2,91±0,37 g e comprimento médio inicial 3,30±0,27 cm. Os tratamentos consistiram de: T1) peixes cultivados em água limpa, alimentados com ração comercial, sem uso de probiótico; T2) peixes cultivados em água de esgoto doméstico tratado e alimentados com ração comercial, sem uso de probiótico; T3) peixes cultivados em condição semelhante ao T2, com ração acrescida de probiótico. Na avaliação dos parâmetros físico-químicos do esgoto sanitário tratado, independentemente da presença ou não de cepas probióticas, apresentam-se com elevada produtividade primária. O uso de probiótico (Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus cereus e Bacillus subitillis; e leveduras - Saccharomyces cerevisiae e Saccharomyces boulardi) promove melhorias nos parâmetros de consumo de ração e taxa de crescimento específico em tilápias-do-nilo cultivadas em água tratada de esgoto doméstico, reduz a proporção de extrato etéreo no ganho de peso e eleva a proporção de proteína bruta no ganho de peso. Porém, não influencia o ganho de peso, a conversão alimentar aparente e a sobrevivência dos peixes. Os animais cultivados em água de esgoto sanitário tratado, independentemente do uso ou não das cepas probióticas, apresentam um maior teor de proteína e menor teor de gordura.

ABSTRACT The research was conducted to evaluate the effect of using probiotic (Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subitillis, yeasts and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardi) in diets for tilapia, during the fingerling and juvenile stages, that underwent sanitary challenge on performance, chemical composition of the carcasses and water quality. We used three hundred and sixty fingerlings with initial average weight of 2.91±0.37 g and initial average length of 3.30±0.27 cm. The treatments were: T1) farmed fish in clean water, fed with commercial food without the use of probiotics; T2) fish reared in treated sewage water and fed with commercial food without the use of probiotics; T3) farmed fish in a condition similar to T2, with food plus probiotic. In the evaluation of physicochemical parameters of the treated sewage, regardless of the presence or not of probiotic strains, it presents a high primary productivity. The use of probiotics (Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subitillis and yeasts - Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardi) promotes improvements in the parameters of feed intake and specific growth rate in the Nile tilapia grown in treated water from sewage, reduces the proportion of lipids in weight gain and increases the proportion of crude protein in weight gain. However, it does not influence weight gain, feed conversion and fish survival. Fish grown in treated sanitary sewage, regardless of the use or not of probiotic strains have a higher protein content and lower fat content.

Analisar composição corporal é relevante para caracterizar necessidades nutricionais e fase de terminação de peixes. Objetivou-se estudar a relação entre variáveis ictiométricas (peso, comprimentos total e padrão, densidade e rendimentos), bromatológicas (gordura, proteína, cinza e umidade) e aquelas da análise por bioimpedância ou BIA (resistência, reatância, ângulo de fase e índices de composição), no híbrido tambatinga (Colossoma macropomum x Piaractus brachypomus). Em um viveiro não fertilizado, 520 juvenis foram cultivados com ração comercial. Com idade de 136 dias após a eclosão dos ovos, 37,69 g de peso, 12,96 cm de comprimento total, 15 peixes, colhidos ao acaso, foram anestesiados (eugenol) e submetidos à primeira de quatorze avaliações quinzenais (BIA e biometria). Após eutanásia foram dissecados e pesados: carcaça inteira com cabeça, filé e pele (CICFP), filé com pele (FCP) e resto da carcaça com cabeça (CCC). Juntos, FCP e CCC foram moídos e homogeneizados para análise bromatológica. Estimativas da composição corporal e de rendimentos do tambatinga, com modelos incluindo variáveis ictiométricas e da BIA, apresentaram coeficientes de correlação entre 0,81 (para o rendimento do FCP) e 1,00 (para cinzas totais). Analogamente, modelos com a inclusão apenas de variáveis da BIA mostram coeficientes de correlação entre 0,81 (rendimento do FCP e do CCC) e 0,98 (para cinzas totais). Portanto, no tambatinga, a técnica da BIA possibilita a estimativa do rendimento de filé com pele e composição corporal (umidade, gordura, cinza e proteína). Os melhores modelos agregam variáveis ictiométricas e da BIA.

Body composition analysis is relevant to characterize the nutritional requirements and finishing phase of fish. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ichthyometric (weight, total and standard length, density and yields), bromatological (fat, protein, ash and water content) and bioelectrical-impedance-analysis (BIA) (resistance, reactance, phase angle and composition indexes) variables in the hybrid tambatinga (Colossoma macropomum × Piaractus brachypomus). In a non-fertilized vivarium, 520 juveniles were housed and fed commercial rations. Then, 136 days after hatching (DAH), 15 fish with an average weight of 37.69 g and average total length of 12.96 cm were randomly chosen, anesthetized (eugenol) and subjected to the first of fourteen fortnightly assessments (BIA and biometry). After euthanasia, the following parts were weighed: whole carcass with the head, fillet, and skin (WC); fillet with skin (FS); and the remainder of the carcass with the head (CH). Together, FS and CH were ground and homogenized for the bromatological analyses. Estimates of the body composition and yields of tambatinga, with models including ichthyometric and BIA variables, showed correlation coefficients ranging from 0.81 (for the FS yield) to 1,00 (for the total ash). Similarly, models that included only BIA variables had correlation coefficients ranging from 0.81 (FS and CH yields) to 0.98 (for the total ash). Therefore, in tambatinga, the BIA technique allows the estimation of the yield of the fillet with skin and the body composition (water content, fat, ash, and protein). The best models combine ichthyometric and BIA variables.

The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of whole cassava root scrapings at different levels in diets for broilers in the period of 22 to 42 days of age in high-temperature environments on performance, as well as to evaluate the metabolizability of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and gross energy (GE) and nitrogen balance. A total of 400 male Ross broilers were used for evaluation of performance and 80 birds of the same strain were used in the metabolism experiment. The design was of randomized block with five treatments and four replications. The experimental unit was represented by twenty birds on the performance evaluation and four birds were housed in metabolic cages for the metabolism evaluation. The treatments consisted of diets containing inclusion levels of cassava root scrapings (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 g/kg), formulated to meet the nutritional requirements accordingly to each phase of the birds. Whole cassava root scrapings can be included in diets for 22 to 42 day-old broiler chickens, at a level between 118.75 and 200 k/kg, in environments of high temperatures, with positive interference on weight gain and feed conversion, without affecting the coefficient of metabolizability of dry matter, crude protein, gross energy and nitrogen balance, or carcass characteristics, such as yields of main cuts and metabolically active organs of the birds.