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Caracterización de los sistemas ganaderos en dos comunidades del municipio de Tuzantla de la región de Tierra Caliente, Michoacán Characterization of cattle systems at two communities of Tuzantla's municipality in dry land region of Michoacan State
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| Author | Tena, Martín |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | The cattle production systems in the dry land region of Michoacan have a close relationship with silvopastoril management practices. A wide range of natural forage resources are being used by the families who lead the administration and utilization of them. This paper defines the characteristics of the different systems, the kind of local forage resources and external feed inputs and their nutritional quality in order to find better strategies of cattle feed practices in the farmers units. The project was made in farm communities of the Tuzantla municipality in the dry land region of Michoacan State. The methodological process began with surveys applied to rural producers during the 2007 production cycle to recollect information. 41 feed samples of 200 to 300g were analyzed to define their chemical composition using Wendee’s method. The main results show that the region holds a medium scale cattle system for meat production with loose housing and mobile herds, in an area of 250 to 260 ha of land and 86 cattle heads. The milk production, 9.2 l/cow/day is used to produce cheese, in which 10 l of milk is used to make 1kg of cheese. There were six main ingre |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ww.ucol.mx/revaia/anteriores/PDF%20DE%20REVISTA/2008/mayo/5%20Caracterizacion.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
