Evaluación del rendimiento de cerdos Landrace con Pietrain alimentados con un balanceado comercial mezclado con diferentes materias primas, en la provincia del Guayas.

Abstract

The high cost of balanced feed is one of the main problems in the pig sector, which represents 70 % of production costs. The research work was carried out at the Teresita Agricultural Farm located in the Rosa Amada compound, in the Lorenzo de Garaicoa parish of the Simón Bolívar canton, province of Guayas. For this experiment, a completely randomized block experimental design was carried out with 5 pigs for each treatment. In T1, the feeding was based on 50 % corn flour + 50 % commercial balanced, T2 with 50 % rice powder + 50 % commercial balanced and the control group or T3 with 100 % commercial balanced. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of Landrace pigs with Pietrain fed a commercial feed mixed with different raw materials in the province of Guayas. At the end of the study, it was evidenced that there were no significant differences (p < 0.05) in food consumption, however T3 obtained greater weight gain and lower feed conversion compared to T2 or T3; despite the fact that the cost of the 40 kg bag of balanced food was lower in T2 and T1 compared to the control group or T3, this was compensated by the cost of production of kilogram of meat where in T3 it was lower, resulting in the latter convenient for the producer.