La curva de lactancia como herramienta para la toma de decisiones en la ganadería de leche

Abstract

At present, animal behavior can be followed from birth to birth. death, collect all data on production, reproduction and health through the uses of techniques and algorithms that allow data processing to maximize resources used as: food, energy, water, etc .; in order to be more productive, reduce costs and impacts to the environment. The objective of this research is to assess the potentiality of the "lactation curve" tool for decision making productive in the association of cattle ranchers of the altiplano Orense. The present investigation. It was held in the San Juan de Cerro Azul parish, belonging to the Atahualpa canton located in the province of El Oro. A descriptive research design was used and field, when collecting information from production records. Given the period of obtaining the data the study is retrospective; and due to the control of the investigation is observational when collecting information on the natural state of the phenomenon. The results revealed that the breed with the highest presence in the Association is Holstein (43.8%) with a average production of 7.22 liters l / v / d, and from the calculation of the lactation curve of potential production, it was obtained that the dairy stopped producing 31,629.83 liters of milk equivalent to $ 15,454.82 dollars of money stopped entering, which represents 12.91% of the income received ($ 119,731.50). It was found that the production of the dairy is below the expected level due to the presence of diseases, low contribution of complementary foods and the production system used. In this way concludes that the lactation curve is an effective tool for decision making because it allows estimating the potential behavior of milk production on farms livestock, and in this way helps producers to make decisions at the nutritional level, sanitary and management.