Sticky coffee hull silage on the feeding of growing and finishing pigs

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Paulo Levi De Oliveira Carvalho¹  Ivan Moreira²  Antonio Claudio Furlan²  Diovani Paiano¹  Liliane Maria Piano¹  Lina Maria Peñuela Sierra¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Maringá Departamento de Zootecnia Maringá Paraná

关键词: alternative feeds;    by-product;    carcass traits;    digestibility;    performance;    alimentos alternativos;    característica de carcaça;    desempenho;    digestibilidade;    subproduto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-35982011000200016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Two experiments were carried out with the objective of evaluating the performance and carcass traits of growing and finishing pigs fed rations with sticky coffee hull silage. In experiment 1, the coffee hulls were ground through a 4-mm screen and ensiled with 30% water and enzymatic-bacterial inoculant and evaluated in digestibility trial with 15 crossbred pigs distributed in a completely randomised design. Overall, the ensiling process did not improve the digestibility of the sticky coffee hulls. In experiment 2, it was used 60 pigs (32.52 to 59.58 kg) in the growing phase and 55 pigs (61.70 to 90.27 kg) in the finishing phase, distributed in a completely randomised design with five diets (0, 4, 8, 12 and 16% of sticky coffee hull silage) and six replicates. In the growing and finishing phase, inclusion of levels of sticky coffee hull silage did not affect feed intake, weight gain, and plasma urea nitrogen. However, in the finishing phase, feed conversion improved as the levels of sticky coffee hull silage increased. Responses by backfat thickness and marbling were quadratic, whereas empty stomach weight increased linearly when sticky coffee hull silage was included in the diet. Sticky coffee hull silage has good nutritional value and if used in levels up to 16% of the diet, it does not impair performance of pigs in the growing and finishing phases and it results in leaner carcasses. However, the economic feasibility of its use depends on the price relationship of this by-product with the other feedstuffs.

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