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<journal-id>1659-1321</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agronomía Mesoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agron. Mesoam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1659-1321</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1659-13212017000200357</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/ma.v28i2.25945</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Producción, calidad de leche y beneficio:costo de suplementar vacas holstein con Tithonia diversifolia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Milk production, quality and benefit:cost ratio of supplementing Holstein cows with Tithonia diversifolia]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Gallego-Castro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Alberto]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mahecha-Ledesma]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liliana]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Angulo-Arizala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joaquín]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias ]]></institution>
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<country>CO</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>CO</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>CO</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>357</fpage>
<lpage>370</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1659-13212017000200357&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1659-13212017000200357&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1659-13212017000200357&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la producción, la calidad de leche y la relación beneficio:costo de la inclusión de tres niveles (0%, 15% y 25%) de Tithonia diversifolia en el suplemento de vacas holstein. En un sistema de producción bovina de leche del trópico alto se utilizaron nueve vacas (70 a 120 días de lactancia y dos a cinco partos), distribuidas aleatoriamente en tres grupos que pastoreaban praderas de kikuyo ( Cenchrus clandestinus ), en la hacienda La Montaña, San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia, Colombia, a 2350 msnm, durante marzo de 2015. A los 56 días se cosechó T. diversifolia (girasoles mexicanos) de un banco forrajero ubicado a 2456 msnm, se secó en marquesinas durante diez días aproximadamente, fue molido y almacenado para la formulación de suplementos isoenergéticos (1,8 Mcal ENL/kg) e isoproteicos (14% PC). Se determinó el consumo de materia seca (CMS), la producción de leche corregida 4% grasa, composición de la leche (proteína, grasa, lactosa, sólidos totales, nitrógeno ureico en leche &#8211;MUN-), conteo de células somáticas (RCS), la relación leche producida:suplemento y la relación beneficio:costo. Hubo diferencias significativas con la inclusión de 25% de harina de  T. diversifolia para lactosa, MUN, RCS, relación leche producida:suplemento consumido y relación beneficio:costo; no así para CMS, leche corregida al 4% de grasa, proteína, grasa y sólidos totales. La inclusión de 25% de botón de oro en el suplemento alimenticio para vacas lecheras en pastoreo mejoró la calidad de leche referente a concentración de lactosa, eficiencia en la utilización del suplemento y relación beneficio:costo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The aim of this study was to analyze the milk production, quality and cost:benefit ratio the addition of three levels (0%, 15% and 25%) flour of Tithonia diversifolia in the supplement of Holstein cows. In a bovine milk production system in a high tropic were used nine cows (70 to 120 milk days and parity two to five). They were randomly assigned in three groups, which grazed on Kikuyo grass ( Cenchrus clandestinus ) in La Montaña farm, located in San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia, Colombia, at 2350 meters above sea level. This study was carried out during March 2015. At 56 days, T. diversifolia (wild sunflower) from a fodder bank located at 2456 masl was harvested, and dried using marquees ground for an approximate period of time of ten days, it was then minced and stored to prepare isoenergetics (1.8 Mcal NEL/kg) and isoproteics (14% CP) supplements. The study evaluated its effect on dry matter intake (DMI), corrected milk production (4% fat, FCM), milk composition (protein, fat, lactose, total solids, milk urea nitrogen &#8211;MUN), somatic cell count (SCC), produced milk: supplement intake and cost:benefit ratio. The results showed significant differences for the inclusion of 25% of T. diversifolia flour in the supplement for benefit:cost ratio, lactose, MUN, SCC and produced milk:supplement intake ratio, contrary to what happened with DMI, corrected 4% fat milk production, protein, fat and total solids that not differ. The addition of 25% of wild sunflower in the supplement for grazing dairy cows improved the milk quality in reference to lactose concentration, efficiency in the use of the supplement, cost:benefit ratio.]]></p></abstract>
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