Research on plant species for animal feeding in two mountainous regions of the Guantanamo province

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Adri?n ?lvarez
Lourdes Sav?n
F. Dur?n
R. G?nz?lez
Odilia Guti?rrez
P. O. Mora

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Techniques of participative diagnosis for the identification and selection of promising species were used to conduct a prospective study of phytogenetic resources with animal feeding potential in two mountainous regions of Guantanamo province. Semi-structured surveys were made to farmers of this region, and a panel was created with the participation of nine experts on animal feeding and nutrition. The statistical
analysis of the data was performed through contingency tables and the comparison of chi square proportions (?2). The species most used in animal feeding were the leaves of Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena), Gliricidia sepium (gliricidia), Guazuma ulmifolia (bastard cedar), and Brosimum alicastrum Swarts (breadnut), but also the fruit of Pithecellobium dulce (Madras thorn) as another alternative. The principal supply forms in El Salvador municipality were fresh forage (90 %) to housed animals (92 %) and daily grazing (85 %), from eight to ten hours, on species of the Panicum and Paspalum genera in gardens, backyards, or fallow or arable lands, considered as areas of little
management. In the Baracoa municipality, the plant most (78%) used in animal feeding is coconut (Cocos nucifera). Sheep and goats are the ones consuming plant varieties the most (70 %). It was concluded that El Salvador and Baracoa municipalities, in Guantanamo province, have important species of high forage potential, able of complementing animal feeding in this area. In the Baracoa municipality, compared with El Salvador, there was lower use of the phytogenetic resources, as alternative source of animal feeding.
Key words: participative diagnosis, forage trees, animal feeding.

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?lvarez, A., Sav?n, L., Dur?n, F., G?nz?lez, R., Guti?rrez, O., & Mora, P. O. (2012). Research on plant species for animal feeding in two mountainous regions of the Guantanamo province. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science, 46(1). Recuperado a partir de https://cjascience.com/index.php/CJAS/article/view/86
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Ciencia de los pastos y otros cultivos
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Adri?n ?lvarez

Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado Postal 24, San Jos? de Las Lajas, mayabeque, Cuba

Lourdes Sav?n

Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado Postal 24, San Jos? de Las Lajas, mayabeque, Cuba

F. Dur?n

Facultad Agroforestal de Monta?a, Universidad de Guant?namo, Guant?namo, Cuba

R. G?nz?lez

Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado Postal 24, San Jos? de Las Lajas, mayabeque, Cuba

Odilia Guti?rrez

Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado Postal 24, San Jos? de Las Lajas, mayabeque, Cuba

P. O. Mora

Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado Postal 24, San Jos? de Las Lajas, mayabeque, Cuba

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