Utilización de tres niveles de harina de papa china (Colacasea esculenta) como alimento energético en las etapas de gestación - lactancia y crecimiento - engorde en cuyes

Abstract

In the program of Minor Species, Faculty of Livestock Sciences of the Polytechnic Higher School of Chimborazo, located at 1 and 1/2 kilometer of the Panamerican Sur, We used 5, 10 and 15% of Colacasea esculenta (Papa China) feeding of "cuyes" in gestation stages - infancy and growing - fattening in comparison with a control, with five replications which was analyzed under a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) in bifactorial combinatorial arrangement, obtaining, as experimental results in gestation and lactation, the use of treatment: Control record weights of the mothers at weaning 1181,22 g, forage intake of 169,68 g DM / day, 61,52 g of concentrate / day, 231,20 g more consumption, total daily / 22657,94 g in every phase; in the growth phase - fattening using 5% Papa China allowed register 1119,55 g of final weight, 709,95 g of weight gain, 2956,80 g of forage intake, 2362,50 g of concentrate, 5319,30 g of total food consumption, protein 9,47 g, 15,91 kcal energy, fat 3,04 g, 0,63 g of calcium, and 0,48 g of phosphorus, a food conversion of 7,57, carcass weight of 797,04 and a carcass yield of 73,07%, finally a benefit / cost of 1,224.