Hydroponic foods: an alternative for the feeding of domestic animals

Abstract

Currently, in critical times of confinement, hydroponics is a viable alternative that allows the production of plant biomass derived from the initial development of plants in the stages of germination and early growth of seedlings from feasible seeds, it is the sowing of soilless cultivation, this method facilitates the productive, sustainable, and ecological development of plants. Hydroponic crops are developed in a medium or culture system fed by a nutrient solution that offers the precise food for the entire period of growth of the forages, free of pesticides and fungicides with this we get healthy food for the feeding of domestic animals. In addition, it allows the use of simple or complex structures to produce fodder, taking advantage of spaces or areas such as terraces, infertile soils, rugged terrain, technical or traditional greenhouses. Based on this idea, techniques were deployed that are supported by using substrates, or methods with contributions of nutrient solutions, always considering the needs of the plant such as temperature, humidity, water, and nutrients. Based on practice, the benefits per unit of planted area are high due to greater consistency, productivity, safety, and efficiency in the use of water, light, and nutrients, and it is also economically viable that deserves to be considered by small and medium-sized companies. rural producers of domestic animals.

Comportamiento de los índices productivos en cuyes utilizando avena de corte e hidropónica

“…Núñez y Guerrero (2021), mencionaron que la FVH es un nuevo método que se utiliza para disminuir los inconvenientes que se presentó en la alimentación de diferentes especies, por lo tanto, el forraje verde hidropónico contiene el suficiente valor nutricional que requiere un animal ya se ha para engorde o crecimiento 24 .…”

Producción de biomasa de forraje verde hidropónico de cinco variedades mejoradas de maíz producidas por el Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas de Guatemala

“…El incremento en las necesidades de producción animal y la galopante escasez de recursos naturales disponibles para la agricultura y la ganadería imponen un reto que obliga al análisis de nuevas formas de producir. El forraje verde hidropónico (FVH), del griego hydro = agua y ponos = trabajo, surge como una alternativa interesante, eficiente, ecológica y nutritiva para la alimentación de animales domésticos (Ghasemi-Mobtaker et al, 2022;Núñez-Torres & Guerrero-López, 2021). Lo llamativo de esta presentación de alimento vegetal es el hecho de que su producción no requiere de suelo y que el agua de riego se aprovecha eficientemente, pudiendo incluso reciclarse (Girma & Gebremariam, 2018).…”