Espécies vegetais exóticas com potencial nutritivo na alimentação de ovinos e caprinos no município de são joão do piauí

Abstract

Goat and sheep farming in the Brazilian semi-arid region has stood out as an important animal production activity and contributed to the generation of income for family farmers. However, due to periodic droughts in the region and the lack of information about the food offered to animals, small producers suffer considerable losses in their herds. Therefore, it is essential to know the nutritional value of these species, with a view to establishing balanced diets, maximizing the production chain. In this way, the objective is to identify the nutritional percentage of legumes existing in the region of São João do Piauí-PI: leucena, gliricidia and moringa - as an alternative nutritional source, which emerges with the purpose of meeting the nutritional needs of goats and sheep, being viable, both from a nutritional and economic point of view. Given the results of bromatological analyzes of Leucena (Leucaena leococephala) Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) and Moringa (Moringa oleifera), we can conclude that the nutritional levels are adequate to support goat farming, serving as alternative sources of food.