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Universidad Estatal a Distancia
2014
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- Causas de cosechado y características de hembras bovinas (Bos taurus, Bos indicus, Artyodactila: Bovidae) cosechadas en planta en Costa Rica del 2008 al 2009 Roger Molina Coto Carlos Arroyo Oquendo José Ramón Molina Villalobos Rodolfo WingChing-Jones Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) gestation bovine herd extractions Pregnant cows harvest of animals It is important for the livestock sector to keep regular checks on production, reproduction and industrialization to prevent any changes that may affect it, and use the information as a basis for decision-making. The main purpose of this job was to define the quan - tity and main causes for culling bovine females in one of the most im- portant slaughterhouse in Costa Rica. From October 2008 to December 2009 were quantified the bovine females sent to Cooperativa Matadero Nacional de Montecillos R.L., Alajuela, Costa Rica; this coop represents up to 20% of the national herd slaughtered. During the period of the study, the percentage of cows culled was 50.57%, from this, 51.44% were pregnant in stages from conceptuses to fetuses in the last days before calving. There is a 38.16% of young bovine females that are har - vested, some of them without the chance for calving. Among people associated to the Coop the causes for harvesting cows are: old cows (19.6%), selection pressure (18.2%), lack of money (16.1%), reproduc - tive issues (16.1%), shortage of feed for the animals (18.2%) and others like sicknesses and market strategies (16.0%). Some of these causes can be solved if farms are administered correctly avoiding losses for farmers and the decrease of the national herd. 2014 artículo científico 1659-4266 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=515651795008 es http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5156 UNED Research Journal / Cuadernos de Investigación UNED application/pdf Universidad Estatal a Distancia UNED Research Journal / Cuadernos de Investigación UNED (Costa Rica) Num.1 Vol.6