Evaluación de la harina de chalaza de maíz para la alimentación de cuyes en la etapa de gestación - lactancia.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to evaluate the productive behavior of guinea pigs in the gestation-lactation stage when they are subjected to different levels of corn chalaza meal. this research was carried out in the Academic and Research Unit of Minor Species of the Faculty of Livestock Sciences of the Zootechnics Career of the Escuela Superior Politecnica de Chimborazo. The study lasted 115 days and was distributed as follows: 32 days of mating, 68 days of gestation and 15 days of lactation, 40 females of 6 months of age were used, the same that were entering their second estrus with a weight of 1133 gr and 4 male guinea pigs of 12 months of age with a weight of 1500 gr, we worked with three treatments (10,20,30%) and a control treatment. A completely randomized design was applied with ten replications and the size of the experimental unit was 1 whose, the results obtained were subjected to an analysis of variance (ADEVA) and a separation of means according to Tukey with a significance level of (P> 0.05). In the gestation stage, the productive behavior because of the different levels of corn stover meal did not register statistical differences among the variables under study; however, in the lactation stage, significant differences were registered, with a weaning weight of 0.35 kg in T3, surpassing the other treatments. The use of corn chalaza meal at 10% in guinea pig feed is recommended because it presents profitability of 0.23 USD.