Efecto del ácido guanidinoacético (AGA) en la productividad de cerdas lactantes en el cantón Marcabelí provincia de El Oro.

Abstract

Pig farming in Ecuador is a constantly growing industry, this has been possible thanks to various factors, one of them is the nutritional factor. With the aim of improving the productive parameters of the lactating sow, additives are incorporated into the balanced feed. One of these additives is guanidinoacetic acid (AGA), which is a precursor compound to creatine, which participates in muscle development and provides energy. In this work the objective was to determine the effect of guanidinoacetic acid (AGA) on the productivity of lactating sows. The research was carried out at the “El Caucho” pig farm in the Marcabelí canton, province of El Oro. The study sample was 50 sows randomly divided into two groups (T0 control, 0 % AGA) (T1 test, 0.1 % AGA) . To analyze the results, Excel and the Student and Wilcoxon t test were used, obtaining the following results; For body condition, the T0 group had an average reduction of 1.25 points while in the T1 group, 1.83 points (p=0.2810). The sows in the T0 group showed 10.8 weaned piglets while the T1 group presented 11.68. Regarding the weight at weaning, the T0 group obtained 6.29 kg, and the T1 group 6.44 kg per piglet (P=0.6913), a difference of 150 gr in favor of the T1 treatment. Cost-benefit, in the T0 group it had a cost per kg gained of $ 1.87, and in the T1 group it was $1.75 (P=0.1637), the latter being. It was concluded that there is a difference between the control group and the test group, however, this difference is not statistically significant.