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Effect of Using Centrosema macrocarpum on Milk Production in the Alto Mayo Region of the Peruvian Amazon Deisy Lara and Keneth Reátegui FUNDAAM and DEPAAM, Peru The inclusion of forage legumes is a production strategy that allows production to be optimized and nutritional deficiencies of grass pastures to be overcome. This alternative also makes better use of animal genotypes, land, and producer’s capacities. The Alto Mayo region covers 630,735 hectares, of which 346,452 hectares are suitable for grasslands. Of these 40% are not being used. A survey carried out in March of this year indicated that the Alto Mayo region has potential for livestock activities. Additional surveys indicated that the region offers good possibilities of livestock production on pastures planted to Brachiaria decumbens, B. brizantha and cut-andcarry grasses. On the other hand, Centrosema macrocarpum in protein banks and as cut-and-carry forage has proved to be a good alternative to improve the diets offered to grazing animals. The experiment aimed to: (1) measure the increase in milk production and the weight gain in calves attributed to the use of C. macrocarpum to feed dairy cows; and (2) compare the farmers’ traditional system with a system based on Centrosema in terms of economic merit. Materials and Methods Two 1-ha plots were planted on two farms located in Nueva Cajamarca and Soritor during September 1999. Planting density of Centrosema in both plots was high, with 0.4 m x 0.4 m between plants and 8 kg seed/ha. A 95% coverage was reached at 5.5 months. A completely randomized design was used with three treatments and seven cows/treatment, over a 10-week period. The following model was used: Y ij = U + T j + E ij where: Y ij = milk production 66
U = overall mean Tj = effect of the n-nth treatment (i=3) Eij = experimental error Treatments were as follows: T1, cut-and-carry grass (king grass) restricted to milking; T2, 50% amount of cut-and-carry grass provided in T1 and 50% of Centrosema provided in T3, restricted to milking; and T3, 100% Centrosema restricted to milking. Milking was done manually, once a day with calf on foot. After milking, calves were allowed to suckle for 5 minutes and were then transferred to pens. Crossbred dairy Gyr x Holstein cows were used and left to graze on the pasture 6 hours/day, after which they were taken to a pen where they received chopped king grass. Control variables were: consumption of supplementary forage; milk production, kg/cow per day during periods of maximum and minimum precipitation; production costs of supplementary feed: and economic evaluation of results. To measure consumption of supplementary forage (kg DM/cow per day), Centrosema and king grass were separately cut, carried, and chopped with machete and supplied at milking. Forage on offer and forage rejected were monitored the first 15 days of adjustment to determine the amount of forage needed during the experimental phase and thus estimate average intake per treatment. Milk production (kg/cow per day) was measured 4 days per week. To date of this report, production data had already been determined for two periods of maximum and minimum precipitation. Costs of producing supplementary feed considered establishment costs and maintenance costs per hectare and the cost of cutting and transporting forage. The following evaluations were carried out to calculate total volume of forage (C. macrocarpum and king grass)/ha per year: forage availability (kg DM/ha) in random samples taken at the beginning of each grazing cycle; time of pasture recovery: and pasture coverage at 20, 45, and 60 days after initiating grazing. Economic merit was evaluated using the following formula: 67
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Holmann, Federico and Lascano, Carl
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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
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At the CIAT-Quilichao station (Depa
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In collaboration with Nicaragua’s
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(Continued) Component Activity Outs
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Activity 2.1. On-farm evaluation of
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FINAL REPORT OF THE TROPILECHE CONS
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RESEARCH RESULTS Component 1: Optim
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References Cipagauta, M.; Velasquez
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Tropileche Newsletter Federico Holm
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Production of Brochures for Extensi
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