cactus identification

[sompel yoezom]

Dear sir/madam,
I am doing research on effect of feeding cactus on milk production and composition in jersey cross cows but the problem is that i cannot say which species does the cactus found in my place falls under. So i would like to request to help me in identifying the cactus.

Your help will be highly thankful.

Thanking you.

[Saxicola]

Do you have any pictures? Also please tell us the general location of your property (at least what country).

[Onzuka]

I have heard of O. ficus-indica being used as a foodstuff for cattle and goats

Steve

[cactushobbyman]

This may help. http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/40661.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[DaveW]

The pioneer for spineless cacti for cattle feed in the US was Luther Burbank:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQYPLQR1bmg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.lutherburbank.org/about-us/s ... ess-cactus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://mattslandscape.com/detail/?plant ... 0spineless" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plant ... nt_id=1143" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'll add a few more links on the subject for cattle feed:-

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y2808e/y2808e0b.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.feedipedia.org/node/120" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ifad.org/lrkm/tans/6.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.visbdev.net/visbdev/fe/Docs/Cactus.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.jpacd.org/downloads/proceedi ... c85-92.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/40661.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y2808e/y2808e0a.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ifad.org/lrkm/tans/6.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;