Inclusión de harina de Bactris Gasipaes en dieta de pollos de engorde.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the inclusion of B. gasipaes flour as a partial replacement of commercial balanced feed (ABC) on the productive performance of broilers. It took place in San José del Guaviare (Colombia), under a randomized design with 5 treatments: control, TCh2.5%, TCh10%, TCh15% and TCh20% each with 10 replications. The results were ANOVA subjects, adopting the initial weight as a covariate. The linear, quadratic and cubic effects of the ABC substitution levels were evaluated by orthogonal contrasts with 5% significance. No difference was observed (P≥0.05) for GP, CA, EA, PCC, PCF, Viscera and PIG. The effect of the treatments for RCC and RCF was evidenced. There was a negative linear effect for CA, EA, PCC, PCF, RCC and RCF and a positive linear effect for PIG with the increase in the levels of B. gasipaes in the diet. In the economic analysis, an increase was observed in the cost of food for obtaining one kilogram of chicken meat. The TCh5% presented the best INCP and INPP with respect to the other treatments. It is concluded that the inclusion of B. Gasipaes as a partial replacement for ABC does not affect the productive performance of broilers, substantially reducing production costs.