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- Title
Composición botánica y calidad de la dieta de bovinos en un sistema silvopastoril intensivo.
- Authors
Urbina Cruz, Fátima Monserrat; Pinto Ruíz, René; Ramírez Diaz, Roselia; Guevara Hernández, Francisco; Raj Aryal, Deb; Venegas Venegas, José Apolonio
- Abstract
A study was conducted to evaluate the botanical composition and quality of the diet selected by cattle grazing an intensive silvopastoral system (50,000 ha-1 trees) of Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) associated with Chontalpo (Brachiaria decumbens) and African Star (Cynodon plectostachyus) (T1) compared to the grass-only system (T2). Eight growing calves of the Jersey breed were used in each treatment. The botanical composition was known through the technique of micriohistology in feces while the quality of the diet, through the estimation of crude protein (PC), ashes (Ce) and organic matter (MO) and neutral detergent fiber (FDN ) and acid detergent fiber (FDA). The data were analyzed using a completely random model and the comparison of means was made through the Tukey test. The T1 presented a consumption of 68.41% of the grass and 31.59% of the tree, for T2, the diet contained 100% of the grass. Regarding the quality of the selected diet, statistical differences were found (P <0.05) in the case of PC (T1 = 1 1.9%, T2 = 7.8%). It is concluded that the presence of the Leucaena tree in the system improves the quality of the selected diet of the bovines based on a more diverse botanical composition.
- Subjects
CATTLE; SILVOPASTORAL systems; ORGANIC compounds; LEUCAENA; BOS
- Publication
Avances en Investigación Agropecuaria, 2019, Vol 23, Issue 2, p23
- ISSN
0188-7890
- Publication type
Article