A high-grain diet is essential to maximize growth and yield as well as to provide high-quality meat in beef cattle. This study evaluated the effects of including licuri cake in high-grain diets for steers on performance and carcass and meat quality. Forty-four crossbred (1/2 Bos taurus χ 1/2 Bos indicus) castrated steers at 24 months of age, with an initial weight of 358.19 ± 41.57 kg, were used. The animals were distributed into four treatments that consisted of diets including licuri cake (0, 85, 170, or 255 g/kg, dry matter basis). Dry matter intake and digestibility decreased with the inclusion of licuri cake in the diet. However, the addition of the ingredient did not influence the intakes of total digestible nutrients (6.7 ± 0.5 kg/day) or crude protein. Licuri cake inclusion did not influence weight gain (1.5 ± 0.2 kg/day) or hot carcass weight (255.1 ± 24.9 kg). There was also no effect on carcass fat thickness, whereas the cholesterol content in the meat decreased with the addition of the cake. We recommend the inclusion of up to 255 g/kg licuri cake in the diet of feedlot steers fed high-concentrate diets.

A perovsquita do tipo LaNiO3 é um material que exibe aplicações em diversas áreas como catálise, óptica, células a combustível de óxido sólido, etc.. Neste trabalho, a otimização da síntese de perovsquitas do tipo LaNiO3 foi feita pelo método dos precursores poliméricos, modificando as razões metal/ácido cítrico e etilenoglicol/ácido cítrico. Em geral, as propriedades destes materiais variam com a composição e com o método de síntese. Os materiais sintetizados foram caracterizados por difração de raios X, análise termogravimétrica e espectroscopia de infravermelho. As perovsquitas com razões metal/ácido cítrico (1,0/1,0) e etilenoglicol/ácido cítrico (60/40) apresentaram melhores resultados em relação à obtenção da fase perovsquita monofásica.

The LaNiO3 perovskite is a material that displays applications in several areas as catalysis, optics, in solid oxide fuel cells, etc. In this work the optimization of the synthesis of LaNiO3 perovskite was performed using the polymeric precursor method, modifying the metal/citric acid and ethyleneglycol/citric acid ratios. In general, the properties of these materials vary with the composition and the synthesis method. The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermal gravimetric analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The perovskite with ratios metal/citric acid (1.0/1.0) and ethylene glycol/citric acid (60/40) showed better results to obtain the perovskite monophasic phase.