POTENCIALIDADES DEL FRUTO DE Cordia Collococca PARA SU USO EN LA ALIMENTACION DE AVES/Potentialities of the Cordia collococca fruit for its use in the feeding of birds

• Published in: Cultivos tropicales 2017-07, Vol.38 (3), p.86
• Main Authors: Echevarría, María T. Martínez, Guerra, Idalma de la C. Betancourt, García, Mariol Morejón, Estrada, Yaima Hernández, Izquierdo, Eliomar Rodríguez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• ISSN: 0258-5936

From Cuban's provinces Pinar del Río is the most western, it is part of the second region of the country with endemic flora, it possesses great variety of arboreal species with multiple benefits for the agroecosystems, the contribution of its fruits for the animal feeding belongs one to them. In the agroecosistem, "El avioncito" belonging to Pinar del Río municipality exists a great readiness of the species Cordia collococca; the level of use of its fruits is very low. It was carried out a bromatological study in the research laboratory of the University of Pinar del Río and in the laboratory of the Institute of Animal Science, with the objective of knowing the qualitative and quantitative composition of the Cordia collococca fruit, their production and collection, to introduce the species in agroecological properties with the purpose of alternative alimentary for birds. The selection approach of the sample taking was carried out starting from the conditions of the plants, the soil type and the climatic conditions. The results of the bromatological study were obtained in two moments of fructification of the year 2013 and 2014. Similar percentages of gross protein were obtained to other species and vegetables used in the feeding of birds and data on the quantity of fruits that has a bunch and bunches that has a branch. A model represented by mathematical expressions to estimate the production of the fruit, statistical procedures are used to validate the proposed relationships. Key words: feeding animal, estimation, evaluation De las provincias de Cuba, Pinar del Río es la más occidental, forma parte de la segunda región del país con flora endémica, posee gran variedad de especies arbóreas con múltiples beneficios para los agroecosistemas, el aporte de sus frutos para la alimentación animal es uno de ellos. En el agroecosistema "El avioncito" perteneciente al municipio Pinar del Río existe una gran disponibilidad de la especie Cordia collococca; el nivel de aprovechamiento de sus frutos es muy bajo. Se realizó un estudio bromatológico en el laboratorio de investigación de la Universidad de Pinar del Río y en el laboratorio del Instituto de Ciencia Animal, con el objetivo de conocer la composición cualitativa y cuantitativa del fruto de Cordia collococca, su producción y colección, para introducir la especie en fincas agroecológicas con la finalidad de alternativas alimentaria para aves. El criterio de selección de la toma de muestra se realizó a partir de la