Abstract

CARDONA-IGLESIAS MSC, Juan L.; URBANO-ESTRADA, María F.  and  CASTRO-RINCON MSC, PHD, Edwin. Evaluation of soluble solids in forage resources in the high tropics in the department of Nariño. Ces. Med. Vet. Zootec. [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.2, pp.8-22. ISSN 1900-9607.  https://doi.org/10.21615/cesmvz.15.2.1.

In the livestock systems of the Colombian high tropics, the seasonality of forage, and the energy deficit of the diets of cattle, are the greatest limitations to the potential of animal productivity. The objective of the study was to evaluate the concentration of soluble solids in two perennial shrub species (Tithonia diversifolia and Sambucus nigra, age: 60 days (d) and two ryegrass varieties (Lolium perenne) Columbia and Samson (age: 32 d) at the Obonuco Research Center of Agrosavia (Pasto-Nariño). The data were analyzed under a completely randomized design with a repeated measurement arrangement taking as an experimental unit the evaluation plots in both shrubs and grasses. Soluble solids concentration (%Ss), nutritional composition and biomass production were measured in three time periods (7:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.). The analysis was performed using R V. 3.5.1 software through ANAVA and mean comparison tests (tukey<0.05). Data indicated higher concentration (p<0.05) of Ss for S.n (12.5%) compared to the other species. The highest numerical values of Ss in all species were presented at 3:00pm and the lowest at 7:30 a.m. At a nutritional level there was a difference (p<0.05) for non-structural carbohydrates (NSC), being higher for S.n (29.5%) than T.d (25.4%). The production of biomass (MS/t/ha/year), was higher (p<0.05) for T.d (22.8 t) with respect to S.n (11.4 t). The results obtained from Ss for the fodder resources evaluated are of great importance for estimating the energy value of these fodder products in animal feed.

Keywords : brix grades; perennial forage; nutritional quality..

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