Ingesta de materia seca en terneros al destete con gramínea de corte y Polyscias guilfoley.

Abstract

This research was carried out on the "Rancho Santa Leonor" property owned by Lcdo. Walberto Vélez Franco, located at kilometer 4, Sumita-Pita site, on the right bank, in the canton El Carmen in the province of Manabí. The area is classified as a humid tropical bioclimate, with irregular topography, and its productive vocation is centered on barraganete banana for export and livestock, especially meat. The study focused on the intake of dry matter in calves at weaning with Cuba 22 grass (Pennisetum sp) and Polyscias guilfoley as a supplement. A research methodology was proposed using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three treatments and ten observations, the results were analyzed using the Tukey mean comparison test in the INFOSTAT statistical program. The treatments consisted of different times of dehydration of the pasture used with the inclusion of the forage tree. The highest consumption was determined by supplying dehydrated pasture for 24 hours with 7.01 kg of dry matter per day, which represents 2.31% in relation to body weight, followed by the treatment with fresh pasture with 6.25 kilograms of dry mass per day and 2.11% in relation to body weight.