Inventory and diversity of forages utilized by farmersraising goats in Halal way: The case of Region XII,Philippines

Journal of Livestock Science

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F.R.P. Salvaña¹  E.G. Sepelagio¹  C.B. Sanchez⁴  C.M. Besana¹  J.S. Kamamang¹  L.B. Cardenas⁵ 

[1] Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Southern Mindanao;Graduate School, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College;Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatics and Natural Resources Research and Development;Department of basic Veterinary Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Southern Mindanao;Plant Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños

关键词: forage;    inventory;    diversity;    goat;    Halal;   

DOI  :  10.33259/JLivestSci.2019.118-125

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Journal of Livestock Science

【 摘 要 】

In small ruminant production, resource inventory is necessary. Among these, forage inventory andassessment are essential considering the fact that it is a major source of feedstuff for animals. In the Philippines,pioneering Halal goat research have been conducted in Region XII, however, forage inventory utilized in Halalgoat production has not been done. This study aims to provide information on different species of plant utilizedby goat raisers as forage. The study was conducted in 3 provinces of Region XII, namely North Cotabato, SultanKudarat and South Cotabato, and General Santos City. Four (4) municipalities/cities in each province wereincluded in the assessment. Respondents in each area were selected based on the following criteria from thedrafted Philippine National Standards for Halal goat production: a.) a believer of Islam b) with 5 to 24 breederdoes; and c.) willingness of the farm owner to participate in the survey in addition to the established basicconsideration for Halal goat raising. Respondents were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Atotal of 61 species of plants belonging to 19 families were utilized as forage by the respondents. Carabao grass(Paspalum conjugatum Bergius) is the most common species of forage with a relative abundance of 0.0949.This was followed by walis-walisan (Sida acuta Burm.f.) (0.0586), napier (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.)(0.0566), paragrass (Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf.) (0.0566), ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) deWit-) (0.0545), and paragis (Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.) (0.0525). Higher diversity of forage species wasrecorded in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat based on the computed Simpson’s Diversity (0.05322), Simpson’s Indexof Diversity (0.9468) and Shannon-Weiner Index (3.097). Differences in forage species diversity in all samplingsites were observed. Although all sampling sites are within one region, variability in land covers and climaticconditions can be attributed to species diversity difference.

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