Bibliographic citations
Cantaro, J., (2018). Consumo de alimento y comportamiento ingestivo de vacas al pastoreo en época lluviosa en la Sierra Central del Perú [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/3707
Cantaro, J., Consumo de alimento y comportamiento ingestivo de vacas al pastoreo en época lluviosa en la Sierra Central del Perú [Tesis]. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/3707
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title = "Consumo de alimento y comportamiento ingestivo de vacas al pastoreo en época lluviosa en la Sierra Central del Perú",
author = "Cantaro Segura, José Luis",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2018"
}
Livestock systems and milk production in the Peruvian Andes are based mainly on rangelands, and it constitutes one of the main sources of income for smallholder farmers. Understand cows feed intake and ingestive behavior will allow improving milk production and sustainable management of the pastures. The objectives of the present research work were: 1) To determine feed intake of cows grazing with an external indicator technique: titanium dioxide (TiO2), 2) To determine the ingestive behavior of grazing cows by monitoring their position with GPS, and 3) To determine the chemical composition of the pastures and their effect on feed intake. The study was conducted in the rural community of Chalhuas (S 11°57'56 “, W 75°32'59“) in Junin, between 3600 and 3900 m.a.s.l., during January and March, the rainy season. The ingestive behavior of the animals was taken on Creole genotype cattle from three places of the community. Pasture samples were collected and then dried for further chemical analysis. Likewise, Pearson correlations were estimated among all the variables found. The average feed intake was 8.25 ± 1.56 Kg MS/cow/day, equivalent to 2.30 ± 0.39% of live weight. The content of neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and crude protein had an average of 66.47 ± 4.20%, 33.25 ± 3.63% and 8.10 ± 2.15%, respectively. Time of grazing of the cows was on average of 9.8 ± 1.0 h/day, resting time 12.3 ± 1.1 h/day and walking time of 1.9 ± 0.2 h/day, with an average walking distance of 6.9 ± 0.6 km/day. Milk production was 3.14 ± 0.62 Kg/cow/day. Among the most significant correlations are the final weight with food consumption (0.40), grazing time with distance traveled (0.74), metabolizable energy with resting time (-0.47), as well as milk production with walking distance (-0.33).
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