Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo

Effects of increasing levels of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica L. Miller) in the diet of dairy goats and its contribution as a source of water

Roberto Germano Costa, Edvaldo Mesquita Beltrão Filho, Ariosvaldo Nunes de Medeiros et al. · Small Ruminant Research · 2009 · 70 citations

Animal Physiology, Nutrition, Caprine +11

Acceptability by Girolando heifers and nutritional value of erect prickly pear stored for different periods

Evannielly Thuanny dos Santos Silva, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira et al. · Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira · 2017 · 34 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Botany, Chemical Composition +16

Replacement of wheat bran with spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus indica Mill cv Gigante) and urea in the diets of Holstein x Gyr heifers

Carolina Corrêa de Figueiredo Monteiro, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo, Marcelo A. Ferreira et al. · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2014 · 31 citations

Botany, Animal Science, Animal Nutrition +11

Chemical composition, fractionation of carbohydrates and nitrogen compounds, ruminal degradation kinetics, and in vitro gas production of cactus pear genotypes

André Luíz Rodrigues Magalhães, Ana Lúcia Teodoro, Leandro Pereira de Oliveira et al. · Ciência Animal Brasileira · 2021 · 18 citations · Full text

Food Chemistry, Nutrition, Vitro Gas Production +11

Mesquite Extract as Phytogenic Additive to Improve the Nutrition of Sheep

Renato Tonhá Alves Júnior, Evaristo Jorge Oliveira de Souza, Airon Aparecido Silva de Melo et al. · Journal of Agricultural Science · 2017 · 15 citations · Full text

Nutrition, Ciliate Protozoa, Mesquite Extract +19