Agricultural by-products, an alternative in the feeding of ruminants in the face of climate change

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NUNEZ-TORRES, Oscar Patricio¹ y RODRIGUEZ-BARROS, Marcos Antonio1, 2. Agricultural by-products, an alternative in the feeding of ruminants in the face of climate change. J. Selva Andina Anim. Sci.[online]. 2019, vol. 6, n. 1, pp. 24-37. ISSN 2311-2581. Abstract The production of ruminants, mainly cattle is estimated to grow from 1500 to 2600 million, as well as the population of goats and sheep (1700 to 2700 million), in the years 2000 and 2050. In Ecuador the production of ruminants is limited, availability of resources for education, learning problems in dry and tropical regions, the availability of grasses to cover nutritional needs, not for animal information, in order to reduce the extensive grazing áreas for feeding. The silvopastoral systems, the use of post-harvest residues of crops of plant origin, are presented as a cost-effective alternative for sustainable livestock production, due to the large quantity and …

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2019

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