Cómo citar: Vergara Garay, O.; Simanca Sotelo, J.; Bustamante Yánez, M.; Bula Torres, J.; Camargo Pitalua, C.; Mahuad Ruíz, N. 2019. Características de crecimiento y medidas del área del ojo del lomo en ovinos criollos del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia. Rev. Características de crecimiento y medidas del área del ojo del lomo en ovinos criollos del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia Growth traits and measures of loin eye area in Creole sheep of the Cordoba department, Colombia RESUMENDe la raza ovina criolla, desarrollada en el departamento de Córdoba, Colombia, existen pocas investigaciones sobre características de desarrollo, por tal razón, el objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar características asociadas al crecimiento de los ovinos criollos de pelo, en dos poblaciones de Córdoba, Colombia. Se utilizaron 55 animales provenientes de dos sistemas de producción. El pesaje, se realizó cada 15 días, desde el nacimiento hasta los 6 meses de edad y las mediciones del área del ojo del lomo (AOL), se tomaron por ultrasonografía, a los 4 y 6 meses de edad. Las características evaluadas fueron peso al nacer (PN), peso al destete (PDA90), peso a los seis meses (PA6M), ganancia de peso predestete (GPPRD) y posdestete (GPPOD) y AOL. El promedio para PN fue de 2,63 ± 0,65 kg; para PDA90, de 11,19 ± 3,78 kg; para PA6M, de 15,61 ± 3,93 kg y para GPPRD y GPPOD, de 0,095 ± 0,04 y 0,06 ± 0,3Palabras clave: peso al nacer; peso al destete; ganancia de peso; ovinos criollos; canal. ABSTRACTThe Creole sheep breed developed in the department of Córdoba, Colombia has little research on growth traits, for this reason the objective of this study was to evaluate traits associated with the growth of Creole hair sheep in two populations of Córdoba, Colombia. Fifty-five Creole animals from two production systems were used. Weighing was performed every 15 days from birth to 6 months of age and loin eye area (LEA) measurements were taken by ultrasound at 4 and 6 months of age. The traits evaluated were birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW90), weight at six months of age (W6M), preweaning (PWWG) and postweaning weight gain (POWWG) and LEA. The average for BW was 2.63 ± 0.65 kg, for WW90 it was 11.19 ± 3.78 kg, for W6M it was 15.61 ± 3.93 kg and for PWWG and POWWG it was 0.095 ± 0.04 and 0.06 ± 0.03 kg/d, respectively. It was found that the sex of the lamb affected (P≤0.05) the variables PDA90, PA6M and GPPRD. The type of farm had influence (P≤0.05) on all the growth traits evaluated. The results suggest that, it would be necessary to improve the feeding systems in the populations studied and initiate a selection process in order to improve the evaluated traits.Para un efecto determinado, letras diferentes en la misma columna, indica diferencia significativa (P≤0,05). AOL: Área del ojo del lomo.

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SUMMARYThis study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of daily pasture allowance and concentrate type on ruminal pH, the ammonia nitrogen (N-NH 3 ) and the volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations in the rumen of autumn-calving dairy cows in early lactation. Three Chilean Black Friesian cows fitted with ruminal cannulas where used. The four dietary treatments were a combination of two pasture allowances above ground level (moderate, 25.5 and high, 38.5 kg of dry matter/cow/day) and two concentrate types offered at the level of 5 kg/cow/day, corn-based concentrate (A) and sugar beet pulpbased concentrate (F). After an adaptation period of nine days, liquor rumen samples were taken and pH was measured immediately. The remaining samples were preserved for ammonia and VFA analyses. Statistical analysis was carried out through a linear mixed model using a factorial design of repeated measures. pH levels were not affected by pasture allowance (P > 0.05), whereas the effect of type of concentrate was affected (P < 0.05). The averages were 6.19 and 6.07 for corn-based concentrate and sugar beet pulp-based concentrate, respectively. Pasture allowance affected (P < 0.05) rumen ammonia concentration (9.7 and 18.2 mmol/L, for high and moderate pasture allowances, respectively) and the total VFA (43.6 and 67.4 mmol/L, for high and moderate pasture allowances, respectively). The effect of type of concentrate did not affect N-NH 3 concentration (P > 0.05). It can be concluded that offering a high pasture allowance to dairy cows would synchronize more efficiently ruminal fermentation. The supplementation with moderate amount of concentrate maintains pH under physiological range, even though beet pulp based concentrates produce a greater amount of ruminant VFA.Palabras clave: pH ruminal, nitrógeno amoniacal, ácidos grasos volátiles, vacas lecheras.

The aim of this study was to evaluate weight gain and cold carcass yield in sheep supplemented with multinutrient blocks (MNB) fattening phase in the transition period between the dry season and the rainy season. A completely randomized design, in which 16 castrated Colombian hair sheep creoles, managed in rotational grazing (RG) and randomly distributed in four treatments were used as follows: T0: RG; T1: RG + MNB soy based; T2: RG + MNB cotton cake based; and T3: RG + MNB urea based. An analysis of variance was used to determine whether there was a difference between average daily gain and cold carcass yield. For daily gain no significant difference (p>0.05) between treatments was found, but if difference (p≤0.05) was found for cold carcass yield. To sell live animals is not necessary supplementation with multinutrient blocks in the transition period between the rainy and dry season.

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