Efecto de la sustitución parcial de alimento balanceado por forraje verde hidropónico de maíz (Zea mays L) sobre el desempeño productivo y perfil metabólico en conejos mestizos.

Abstract

The present study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the effect of the partial substitution of balanced feed by green hydroponic corn forage (Zea mays) in crossbred rabbits, in order to find an optional diet that improves the profitability of rabbit meat production, For this, a substitution of the volume of balanced feed supplied was proposed, giving as an alternative two proposed treatments, one of them is GER40, animals that received 60% of balanced feed and 40% of corn sprouts (Zea mays) and the other GER60, animals that received 40% of balanced feed and 60% of corn sprouts, which were compared with a CONTROL treatment, animals that received only balanced feed that is the standard in production, said diets were supplied to a sample population of 24 crossbred rabbits 8 repetitions per treatment, that are in the lift-to-fattening stage, belonging to the Villa Marina Experimental Farm, located in the Matajira village, Pamplonita municipality, Norte de Santander department. From this study it was possible to establish which diet was more profitable, in addition to this, a metabolic profile was performed as a diagnostic method, proceeding to take 2 blood samples from the jugular vein which were carried out in the first month and in the second month of feeding to a total of 12 samples of 4 repetitions per treatment. In order to obtain the metabolites: albumin, glucose and total proteins, to know which group had better metabolic conversion, In the same way, with the sacrifice of the animals, it was possible to know the amount of kilos in carcass obtained by each of the diets, of the proposed treatments, the one that obtained the best profitability was GER40, due to the conversion and feed efficiency obtained by each one of the crossbred rabbits from this treatment.