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Sugarcane yeast with urea in replace of soybean meal in the diet of Murrah buffaloes does not cause metabolic, endocrine, and mineral disorders

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the replacement of soybean meal by increasing levels of sugarcane yeast and urea on the energy, enzymatic, protein, mineral, and hormonal profiles of buffalo heifers. Twenty Murrah heifers with an average body weight of 168 ± 2.0 kg and 1 year old were used in a completely randomized design. The treatments consisted of the replacement of soybean meal by increasing levels of sugarcane yeast and urea (0, 33, 67, and 100% dry matter). The animals were weighed at the beginning and end of the experimental period, and blood was collected on the final day. The replacement of soybean meal with sugarcane yeast influenced the performance and metabolic dynamics, with total weight gain (P = 0.005) and average daily gain (P = 0.015), presenting, for both variables, a quadratic effect. Considering the biochemical profile, there was an influence on the serum concentration of triglycerides (P = 0.055), the serum activities of aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and alkaline phosphatase (P < 0.05), in addition to the serum concentration of phosphorus (P = 0.007) and potassium (P = 0.053), which showed positive linear effects. The hormonal profile was not influenced by diets (P > 0.05). The elements copper, iron, and zinc were able to be quantified at all levels of sugarcane yeast and urea in the diets offered. The use of sugarcane yeast with urea promotes adequate metabolic response of buffalo heifers and can replace up to 100% of soybean meal in the concentrate.

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We especially would like to thank the Department of Animal Science at UFRPE for providing all the physical structure and staff necessary for this study.

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This research was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and by Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) – Recife, PE, Brazil.

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    Bruna Higino de Souza Silva, Rebeka Menezes Pontes, Ayna Arramis Apolinário da Silva, Esdras Lima de Carvalho Gueiros, Emanuel Felipe de Oliveira Filho, Daniel da Silva Praia, Daniel Nunes de Araújo Gonçalves, Cláudio Coutinho Bartolomeu & Pierre Castro Soares

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Silva, B.H.S.: conceptualization, investigation, formal analysis, and writing-original draft preparation. Pontes, R.M.: investigation,,methodology, and data curation. Silva, A.A.A.: investigation, methodology, and data curation. Gueiros, E.L.C.: investigation. Oliveira Filho, E.F.: investigation, methodology, and data curation. Praia, D.S.: investigation. Gonçalves, D.N.A.: investigation, methodology, and data curation. Silva, T.G.P.: formal analysis and writing-original draft preparation. Pessoa, R.A.S.: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, data curation, and funding acquisition. Bartolomeu, C.C.: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, data curation, and funding acquisition. Soares, P.C.: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, data curation, funding acquisition, and writing-original draft preparation. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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de Souza Silva, B.H., Pontes, R.M., da Silva, A.A.A. et al. Sugarcane yeast with urea in replace of soybean meal in the diet of Murrah buffaloes does not cause metabolic, endocrine, and mineral disorders. Trop Anim Health Prod 55, 35 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03452-3

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