Utilización de diferentes niveles de harina de arachis pintoi (Maní forrajero) en la alimentación de cuyes en las etapas de gestación y lactancia

Abstract

In the Minor Species Program of the Faculty of Animal Science of Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH), the use of three levels of pintoi peanut flour (10, 20 and 30%) was evaluated to be compared with a control treatment in the guinea pig feeding during pregnancy and lactation. A completely randomized design (CRD) with 10 replicates was used and the experimental unit consisted of one guinea pig. The experimental results showed highly-significant differences (P ˂ 0.01) between the studied treatments regarding the weight gain, postpartum weight and final weight variables using 20 and 30% of pinot peanut, whereas the variables of forage consumption, balanced diet consumption, and total food consumption in kg/MS did not present significant differences (P ˃ 0.05). As for the pups, the best results were gotten using 30% of pinto peanut. The weight at birth of 146.36 g, the litter weight of 545.78 g, the size of litter at weaning of 3.6 pups, the weight at weaning of 326.56 g and the litter weight at weaning of 1 172.45 g were gotten. However, the variable of size of litter at birth did not present significant differences. The high profit was gotten when using 30% of pinto peanut flour achieving a cost/benefit of 1.27. It is concluded that the use of 30% of pinto peanut is good for the guinea pig feeding during pregnancy and lactation. It is recommended to use balanced diet including 30% of pinto peanut during pregnancy and lactation due to the behavior of mothers’ behavior and the pup’s growth improve their productive parameters.