Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods
ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different methods of spine removal and plant storage. A total of 600 P. gounellei cacti were randomly selected in 10 hectares of Caatinga. The experimental design was completely randomised using a 2 x 4 fac...
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| author | R.M.F. Magalhães M.S.S. Carneiro A.B. Castro R.L. Edvan E.S. Pereira S.F. Silva J.N.C. Torreão |
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| description | ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different methods of spine removal and plant storage. A total of 600 P. gounellei cacti were randomly selected in 10 hectares of Caatinga. The experimental design was completely randomised using a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement and three replicates. The variables evaluated were the storage conditions (under trees; and ventilated storage facilities) and four types of spine removal techniques assessed 31 days after storage (fresh plants with spines [control]; use of flamethrowers before storage; slash-and-burn [“coivara”] before storage; and use of flamethrowers after storage). The P. gounellei subjected to slash-and-burn during the cladode harvest (cutting) process deteriorated rapidly and exhibited a smooth consistency; dark colour. The burning process resulted in increased in situ degradability of dry matter compared with the control treatment. The results of treatment 4 were similar to those of the control treatment regarding the preservation of the nutritional properties of P. gounellei. Therefore, P. gounellei can be harvested and stored fresh for 31 days without losing their nutritional properties, and spines should be removed using flamethrowers after the storage period, i.e., when using the plants as livestock feed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e36dbdd8715249aaacca403f21fe49f52022-12-22T03:18:00ZengUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia1678-41627061988199610.1590/1678-4162-9810S0102-09352018000601988Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methodsR.M.F. MagalhãesM.S.S. CarneiroA.B. CastroR.L. EdvanE.S. PereiraS.F. SilvaJ.N.C. TorreãoABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different methods of spine removal and plant storage. A total of 600 P. gounellei cacti were randomly selected in 10 hectares of Caatinga. The experimental design was completely randomised using a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement and three replicates. The variables evaluated were the storage conditions (under trees; and ventilated storage facilities) and four types of spine removal techniques assessed 31 days after storage (fresh plants with spines [control]; use of flamethrowers before storage; slash-and-burn [“coivara”] before storage; and use of flamethrowers after storage). The P. gounellei subjected to slash-and-burn during the cladode harvest (cutting) process deteriorated rapidly and exhibited a smooth consistency; dark colour. The burning process resulted in increased in situ degradability of dry matter compared with the control treatment. The results of treatment 4 were similar to those of the control treatment regarding the preservation of the nutritional properties of P. gounellei. Therefore, P. gounellei can be harvested and stored fresh for 31 days without losing their nutritional properties, and spines should be removed using flamethrowers after the storage period, i.e., when using the plants as livestock feed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352018000601988&lng=en&tlng=encaatingacactussemiaridP. gounellei |
| spellingShingle | R.M.F. Magalhães M.S.S. Carneiro A.B. Castro R.L. Edvan E.S. Pereira S.F. Silva J.N.C. Torreão Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia caatinga cactus semiarid P. gounellei |
| title | Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| title_full | Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| title_short | Nutritional quality of Pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| title_sort | nutritional quality of pilosocereus gounellei using different spine removal and plant storage methods |
| topic | caatinga cactus semiarid P. gounellei |
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