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In this work, we conducted several multiple-choice feeding preference tests (cafeteria test) to compare the best choice to feed cattle, sheep, goats and white-tailed deer in these farming systems. Although all ruminant species included the four autochthonous trees and the exotic M. oleifera in their diets, G. ulmifolia was the preferred forage tree by far. The preference for the rest of the trees varied among our ruminant species. When M. oleifera was added to the cafeteria test, it was well accepted by white-tailed deer but little appreciated by their domestic counterparts. The use of these forage trees for livestock feeding is thus interesting not only for sustainable animal production but also to support wild herbivores in the dry tropics of Central America. Keywords: silvopastoralism; foraging behaviour; Acacia pennatula; Enterolobium cyclocarpum; Gliricidia sepium; Guazuma ulmifolia; Moringa oleifera Author: Kenny López Benavides, Lester Rocha, Emmanuel Serrano and Jordi Bartolomé Filella Creator: LaTeX with hyperref Producer: pdfTeX-1.40.21 CreationDate: Thu Oct 20 10:02:17 2022 CEST ModDate: Thu Oct 20 10:09:13 2022 CEST Tagged: no UserProperties: no Suspects: no Form: none JavaScript: no Pages: 10 Encrypted: no Page size: 595.276 x 841.89 pts (A4) Page rot: 0 File size: 331486 bytes Optimized: no PDF version: 1.7 name type encoding emb sub uni object ID ------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- --------- QCLEQK+URWPalladioL-Bold Type 1 Custom yes yes no 10 0 AHOHFY+URWPalladioL-Roma Type 1 Custom yes yes no 15 0 XZXTQS+URWPalladioL-Ital Type 1 Custom yes yes no 19 0 LAXVUZ+VnURWPalladioL Type 1 Custom yes yes no 23 0 HJOMHV+VnURWPalladioL-Bold Type 1 Custom yes yes no 28 0 IZBVAO+TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT Type 1C WinAnsi yes yes no 46 0 YFFKLH+CMSY10 Type 1 Builtin yes yes no 68 0 CKBPVA+EURM10 Type 1 Builtin yes yes no 78 0 NUDUFX+URWPalladioL-BoldItal Type 1 Custom yes yes no 85 0 HYYHEA+CMBSY10 Type 1 Builtin yes yes no 89 0 YBIFDF+VnURWPalladioL-Italic Type 1 Custom yes yes no 102 0 Jhove (Rel. 1.22.1, 2019-04-17) Date: 2023-07-12 02:32:19 CEST RepresentationInformation: Sus_a2022v14n20p13430.pdf ReportingModule: PDF-hul, Rel. 1.12.1 (2019-04-17) LastModified: 2023-07-11 18:34:10 CEST Size: 331486 Format: PDF Version: 1.7 Status: Well-Formed and valid SignatureMatches: PDF-hul MIMEtype: application/pdf PDFMetadata: Objects: 281 FreeObjects: 1 IncrementalUpdates: 0 DocumentCatalog: PageLayout: SinglePage PageMode: UseNone Outlines: Item: Title: Introduction Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@44c8afef Item: Title: Materials and Methods Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@7b69c6ba Children: Item: Title: Study Area Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@46daef40 Item: Title: Forage Tree Species Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@12f41634 Item: Title: Animal Species Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@13c27452 Item: Title: Feeding Trails Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@262b2c86 Item: Title: Bite-Count Procedure Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@371a67ec Item: Title: Statistical Analysis Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@5ed828d Item: Title: Chemical Composition and Nutritive Value Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@50d0686 Item: Title: Results Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@7a3d45bd Item: Title: Discussion Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@1e7c7811 Item: Title: References Destination: edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.PdfSimpleObject@77ec78b9 Info: Title: Feeding Preferences of Domestic and Wild Ungulates for Forage Trees in the Dry Tropics Author: Kenny López Benavides, Lester Rocha, Emmanuel Serrano and Jordi Bartolomé Filella Subject: Silvopastoralism based on livestock feeding on forage trees is becoming a sustainable alternative to traditional grazing on the open pastures of dry tropical Central America. Four autochthonous trees, Acacia pennatula, Enterolobium cyclocarpum, Gliricidia sepium and Guazuma ulmifolia, and one exotic (Moringa oleifera) tree are the preferred species for these silvopastoral systems. Little is known, however, about the feeding preferences of cattle, sheep and goats for such fodder trees and whether wild ungulates (white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus) feed on these plants. In this work, we conducted several multiple-choice feeding preference tests (cafeteria test) to compare the best choice to feed cattle, sheep, goats and white-tailed deer in these farming systems. Although all ruminant species included the four autochthonous trees and the exotic M. oleifera in their diets, G. ulmifolia was the preferred forage tree by far. The preference for the rest of the trees varied among our ruminant species. When M. oleifera was added to the cafeteria test, it was well accepted by white-tailed deer but little appreciated by their domestic counterparts. The use of these forage trees for livestock feeding is thus interesting not only for sustainable animal production but also to support wild herbivores in the dry tropics of Central America. 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