Sustitución del alimento balanceado comercial por alimento balanceado artesanal y su efecto en el desempeño productivo y económico en conejos en fase de levante y engorde.

Abstract

The objective of the present work is to evaluate the productive behavior, of a partial to total substitution of the commercial concentrated feed against an artisanal balanced feed, within the rabbit production of the La Esperanza farm. In the preparation of the balanced feed, raw materials from the region are included, such as soybean cake, wheat mogolla, cornflour (Zea mays), coffee pulp (Coffea), buttercup (Tithonia diversifolia), yatago (Trichanthera gigantea) , mulberry (Morus alba) and sugar cane honey (Saccharum officinarum) the latter to give a pleasant flavor and compaction of the mixture of ingredients. The inclusion percentages were obtained by means of a balance using the Pearson square method. 5 different treatments were carried out for the evaluation of the substitution, one supplying 100% handmade balanced food for the animals, another 4 a partial substitution of 20%, 40%, 60 and 80% of the food with its control, 3 animals were used per treatment having 3 more replicates for a total of 45 animals, where productive parameters were evaluated such as; voluntary intake, weight gain, feed conversion, feed efficiency, carcass yield, hot carcass weight, cold carcass weight, visor weighing, digestive system weighing and meat pigmentation. A difference (P≤0.05) was observed for PI, PCF, GP, CA, EA, PCC, PCFría and Digestive T. between the control and the treatments that included the artisanal concentrate in its composition. For PCF, GP, CA, EA, PCC, PCFría and Digestive T., a quadratic order effect was presented. The economic analysis shows a more economical cost for food per kilogram of meat produced in T5 100%, likewise the INCP and INCC show a higher income in T5 100% artisanal balanced food, It is concluded that the substitution with 100 % of artisanal balanced feed does not affect the productive performance of rabbits in the rearing-fattening phase, significantly reducing production costs.