LAS HARINAS DE FOLLAJES DE PLANTAS ARBUSTIVAS TROPICALES Y SU ACEPTABILIDAD EN LA ALIMENTACIÓN DE CERDOS.

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the acceptability of the use of four foliage flours of tropical shrubs for pig feeding. For this purpose, it was necessary to implement an experimental test in the Animal Production Unit of the Faculty of Zootechnical Sciences of the Technical University of Manabí. A completely randomized design (DCA) was implemented with four treatments and seven repetitions, obtaining a total of 28 observations. Variables related to consumption preference were evaluated in terms of the number of visits of animals over each treatment, the time of consumption, the amount consumed and the chemicals found in each of the flours of plant origin such as mulberry; peregrine; chaya; and moringa. The pigs were placed in individual two-square meter pens with four equidistant feeders of similar characteristics to distribute the respective feeds under study. Among the results evidenced, it was determined that the animals visited the different feeders equally, without registering significant statistical differences. However, the best yields were achieved by the peregrine 2.68 visits) and the mulberry (2.61 visits). The treatment with the best performance in terms of total animal consumption was achieved by chaya flour, while morera obtained the best performance, recording notable content of the alkaloid metabolite and significant content of the Phenol metabolites, flavonoids, reducing sugars, mucilages and saponins.