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The Murcian Institute for Agricultural Research and Development and Food (IMIDA), in collaboration with the Department of Food Technology of the University of Murcia, has completed a study related to the feeding of segureño lamb to promote sustainable livestock.
The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Autonomous Community, Miguel Angel del Amor, and the Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Environment of the City of Caravaca de la Cruz, Enrique Fuentes, have visited a livestock located in the hamlet of Los Royos, where they have explained that the results scientifically demonstrate that the meat of these lambs has better quality and healthiness, derived from sheep grazing and the introduction of distilled leaf of salvia in the bait feed.
Enrique Fuentes has made reference to the importance of sheep segureño and extensive livestock as a whole for the development of the municipality and maintenance of the population in rural areas.
He has also asked the Ministry to implement the decree of necrophagous birds that will reduce costs in the destruction of corpses from extensive livestock, also providing a benefit to the environment and, in particular, to the colonies of griffon vultures. they live in the area.
In the Northwest region aromatic-medicinal plants are cultivated, such as Spanish salvia and lavender, whose productions are destined mainly to obtain the essential oil by distillation.
These crops produce a large amount of by-products in the form of distilled leaves, which are rarely used for animal consumption, despite being a source of components with antioxidant and antimicrobial activity.
The introduction of this leaf in animal feed as a functional ingredient could imply important socioeconomic benefits for farmers and ranchers, since both will revalue their production.
The research project of IMIDA has covered a multidisciplinary study that included aspects such as monitoring livestock in the field for the botanical and chemical characterization of the grazed plant species in each season (thyme, rosemary, savory, juniper and genista, among others);
the elaboration of a feed of bait enriched with bioactive components contributed by the distilled leaf of salvia, the transmission of components with a biosaludable character, improving both the health and the welfare of the animals and, finally, the differentiation of the quality of their productions
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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