Cuba: Concentrated with yuga, sorghum and mulberry contributed to pig production
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Published Jan 1, 2022
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An investigation in Cuba evaluated the productive and health behavior of fattening pigs fed with an unconventional concentrate made with soybean meal and mulberry as protein sources, and with sorghum and cassava flour as an energy source. This is what they found. The study was carried out in the swine unit of the Indio Hatuey Pastures and Forages Experimental Station (EEPFIH) in Matanzas (Cuba), at 19 m s. n. m. 24 neutered male and female pigs were used, 75 days old and with an average live weight of 24 kg.
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For the design of the experiment, the animals were divided into two groups: the control group received a 100% commercial concentrate and the second group received the concentrate based on flours. (Read: This is how pigs' diet varies at each stage of their life) The pigs were weighed at the beginning of the evaluation every 14 days. Food consumption (kg / day), daily weight gain (kg / day) and feed conversion (kg DM / kg live weight), as well as hematological indicators, were determined. Hematological measurements were performed at the end of the evaluation, prior to sacrifice, when the animals had an average of 96.77 kg of LW and 109 days in the experiment. This was to measure the level of the immune system of the animals. The unconventional diet included 15% of soybean meal that registered 13.5% of dry matter (DM) and 6.75% of crude protein (CP), 14% of mulberry flour with 12.6% of DM and 2 , 66% CP, 64.44% sorghum flour with 56.71% DM and 6.44% CP, 5.71% cassava flour, as well ...
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