Diets composed by four different levels (0; 53; 65 and 100%) of canola meal replacing soybean meal crude protein (CP) were evaluated using foals. The diets were isoproteic (17% CP) and isocaloric (4200 kcal/kg). Sixteen Managalarga breed foals, eight males and eight females, averaging 10 months and 218 kg LW, fed a total intake of 2.5% LW on dry matter (DM) basis were used. The diet was composed by 60:40 forage to concentrate ratio. A completely block experimental design, with four blocks and four treatments, was used. There were no effect of treatments on the performance variables (average daily gain, wither height, heart girth and cannon bone circumference) and blood parameters (glucose and urea) of growing foals. In the concentrate for growing foals from 9 to 11.5 months old, the soybean meal can be replaced by canola meal.
canola meal; foals; growth
