CONSUMO DE XIQUEXIQUE (Pilocereus gounellei (A. Weber ex K. Schum.) Bly. ex Rowl) POR CAPRINOS NO SEMI-ÁRIDO DA BAHIA

Abstract

The xiquexique ((Pilocereus gounellei (A. Weber ex K. Schum.) Bly. ex Rowl)) is native cactus the caatinga, much utilization of the small farmers in the drought period in the caatinga, To evaluate the xiquexique consumption for goats in the drought period in the caatinga, they were selected to the 12 animals in the community of the Xiquexique, Curaçá, BA, in the period of august to november of the 2005. The experiment consisted the two treatments and four replications. The animals consumed, on the average, 351.13 kg the phytomass the xiquexique. The daily consumption the xiquexique for animal was of 6.63 kg/dia. The animals thatreceived supplement had the period, while the other animals lost.