Evaluación del efecto del ensilado de maíz (Zea mays) y ensilado de moringa (Moringa oleifera) sobre el desempeño productivo en vacas lecheras.

Abstract

Livestock production in Ecuador is based on rotational grazing with a pasture production that is waiting for the climatic conditions. In dry times the yield of forage biomass is limited which reduces the productive performance of the animals. The growing demand for new technologies for the livestock area leads to the search for new food alternatives. The use of silage is a viable alternative since it allows storing and preserving food to be used in times of scarcity, for this reason the objective of the work was to evaluate the effect of corn silage and moringa silage on the productive performance of dairy cows in the Colombia Baja enclosure. With the use of three treatments distributed with the following percentages of food supplement, T1 4 kg of corn silage, T2 4 kg of corn silage and 2 kg of moringa silage, T3 2 kg of corn silage and 4 kg of moringa silage. A statistical analysis was carried out where it was possible to determine that T1 was the treatment with the highest milk yield and T2 with the greatest weight gain.