Efecto de la inclusión de harina de plátano verde en la dieta para pollos de engorde de la línea ROSS 308.

Abstract

This research project was carried out on a farm located in the urban area of the municipal- ity of Arauca, Arauca department, 15 minutes by road from the city center, has an average cli- mate of 33oC, an altitude of 132 m.s.n.m. The farm has an area of 3 hectares. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of green banana flour on the Ross 308. For the preparation of this research, 60 broiler chickens of the Ross 308 line were taken, suitable for the collection of information in the process, which were managed under a random design with 5 treatments: treatment 1: witness, treatment 2: 5% of green banana flour, treatment 3: 10% of green banana flour, treatment 4: 15% of green banana flour and treatment 5: 20% green flour, as a partial replacement of commercial food each with 10 replicates. The results obtained were tabulated through the ANOVA, adopting the initial weight as a covariate. The linear, quadratic, and cubic effects of commercial balanced food replacement levels were evaluated by orthogonal contrasts. The statistical difference was assessed when P ≤ 0.05, and the trend when 0.05 < P ≤ 0.1. The results found that the 15% inclusion rate was the most representative in weight gain, compared to the witness group. In addition. A higher yield was determined in relation to the four production parameters, in the T3 treatment with a percentage of inclusion of 15% of green ba- nana flour. Final weight gain equivalent to 71.70 grams, final body weight 3316.66 grams, feed conversion equivalent to 1.32, feed efficiency 0.70, carcass weight 2720.83 grams and a carcass yield of 81.83%. The best performance in relation to productive parameters was evidenced in T3 compared to the other treatments.