Increase artificial breeding of calves in Camagüey

Camagüey, may 8. The artificial upbringing of calves will allow to this territory, that of more importance in the cattle production of Cuba, to increase the delivery of milk considerably to the industry.

In the whole country this experience is recaptured with the use of a milky supplement, rich in vitamins and salts, which allows to substitute and to recover for the industry about four liters for each female, which also shortens the time of incorporation to the reproduction with the quickest appearance in the zeal.

The municipality Camagüey is one of the most successful in the recovery of this program in the territory of the same name and outstanding peasants as Abilio Conde, bigger producing of Cuba, and Ricardo Linares, one of the most efficient in the parameters at provincial level, sustain that in spite of the advantages it becomes necessary a special conditioning of the breeding ships and an exquisite handling of the mass.

“Many heads are not allowed to milk therefore without the calves it is necessary to work in different way with some and in the ships should separate the calves according to their age. It is not to simply use the powdered supplement but of dosing other food, the water and the grass to give him continuity in their growth and not to lose animals. It is made a little difficult at the beginning but if one works well, we are totally sure that it is the road to increase our production”, Linares declared.

Some 100 thousand assisted calves this way in the country during the year 2009, will allow to increase the volume of the important food with the same quantity of females in milk and in the specific case of Camagüey, of their plan of 90 millions, 3 of them depend on the correct implementation of the system. (Oreidis Pimentel Pérez)