Elaboración de un balanceado con harinas de cascara de cacao y nacedero

Abstract

The high cost of raw materials to obtain a balanced feed that provides a correct animal nutrition, encouraged the livestock sector to look for alternatives for its substitution with alternatives such as by-products of the food industry that present a high nutritional value. These alternatives were cocoa husk meal and hatchery leaves. The objective of this research was to elaborate a balanced feed with cocoa husk and nacedero flours for its possible use in the feeding of fattening bulls. The methodology presented a qualitative approach with four treatments and four replicates with levels of 0, 20, 30, 30 and 40% of cocoa husk and nacedero leaf meal addition. A Completely Randomized Design, adjusted to the additive linear model, was implemented. Several laboratory analyses were carried out, such as: bromatological, physical, microbiological and proximate analysis. With the methodology used, cocoa meal was obtained with protein levels of 7.14%, fiber of 11.78% and fat of 4.74%; while the hatchery leaf meal presented a protein content of 7.14%, fiber of 11.78% and fat of 4.74%, which complied with the standards for raw materials used in the elaboration of feed. This was a viable alternative for the elaboration of animal feed and presented a protein composition of 16.15%, fat of 6.57% and fiber of 15.06%, which complied with the essential parameters in the animal diet according to the standard. In this context, it was concluded that the raw materials used had an adequate supplementation in the elaboration of animal feed and functioned as an alternative for the feeding of fattening bulls. The best treatment with optimal cost benefit and correct nutritional conditions was formulation 3, with 40% cocoa husk and hatchery leaves.