Growth performance of pigs fed grower diets with madre de agua (Trichanthera gigantea) leaf meal

Date

7-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Christine B. Adiova

Abstract

A 21-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding Madre de Agua (Trichanthera gigantea) leaf meal (MDALM) on the growth performance of grower pigs. Twelve pigs were placed individually in pens and randomly distributed to three dietary treatments: Treatment 1 or control (0% MDALM), Treatment 2 (5% MDALM), and Treatment 3 (10% MDALM). Each treatment had four replicates arranged following a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with initial weight as blocking factor. Proximate analysis showed that on an as fed basis, MDALM contained 15.80% crude protein, 15.42% crude fiber, 1.15% ether extract, 18.07% ash, 35.86% nitrogen free-extract, 4.70% calcium, and 0.32% available phosphorus. The addition of MDALM in the diet showed no significant effect on initial and final body weights. However, the average daily gain (P<0.01), daily feed intake (P<0.05), and feed conversion ratio (P<0.05) were found to be significantly different among the treatments. Better feed cost efficiency was observed in the control diet in using PhP 10 kg-1 as the cost of MDALM. But if MDALM is free, the grower diet with 10% MDALM will have the best FCE among the treatments. The supplementation of 10% MDALM can be done since pigs fed diet with 10% MDALM had comparable performance with pigs fed control diet.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 A3 /S24

Document Type

Thesis

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