Efectos de la suplementación con harinas Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala), zanahoria (Daucus carota), ahuyama (Cucúrbita moschata) en parámetros productivos en pollos de engorde en etapa de finalización.

Abstract

This research was carried out at the department of Norte de Santander, and its objective was to evaluate the effect of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata), carrot (Daucus carota) and Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) flours on the productive parameter sweight gain, feed conversion and feed efficiency, carcass yield, mortality, carcass and tarsus pigmentation and production costs. A randomized design was used, with 4 treatments and 10 pseudo replicates for each treatment. Treatments were T0,100% commercial concentrate; T1, 90% commercial concentrate + 10% leucaena flour, T2, 90% commercial concentrate + 10% carrot flour and T3, 90% commercial concentrate + 10% pumpkin flour. The results showed differences in initial weight, weight gain, feed conversion, feed effieciency and carcass yield with better results for treatments 2 and 3. And showed no differences in other variables. In relation to production costs, it was observed that the implementation of these diets in broilers from the financial point of view, it can be affirmed that of the diets under study, T2 represents the most feasible option for feeding broilers, despite having a difference of $468 weights compared to T0, it is a viable option since this diet represents improvements in the productive part.