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