Efecto de la sustitución parcial del alimento balanceado comercial por harina de moringa (Moringa Oleóifera) en la alimentación de conejos de la raza Nueva Zelanda.

Abstract

In this work, the effect of substituting commercial balanced food with moringa on the productive performance of purebred rabbits in a rabbit farm was evaluated. Thirty rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) of the New Zealand breed (15 male and 15 female) were used, in a completely randomized design with 3 treatments and 10 repetitions (5 male and 5 female) with homogeneous characteristics, in the fattening stage. The treatments evaluated were: 1) Control (100% and commercial balanced food); 2) replacement of the balanced feed with 5% moringa flour (5% HM) and; 3) feed substitution balanced by 10% moringa flour (10% HM). The productive data were statistically analyzed, no statistical differences are evident (P<0.05). For the research phases, the experimental animals showed an average daily gain of 28.65 ± 0.80 g/animal for the 5% HM treatment, 28.77 ± 0.85 for the 10% HM treatment, and the animals from the control treatment an average weight of 29.63 ± 0.76 g/animal. In the food conversion variable, differences are determined in average data of 2.19 ± 0.05 kg/animal for the 5% HM treatment, for the 10% HM2 treatment 2.22 ± 0.05 and with the control group reporting data of 2.14 ± 0.04 kg/animal. Regarding the economic analysis, the experimental group obtained better profitable numerical standards 2160 ± 43.83 g/animal. using unconventional raw materials that are easy to access and cheap compared to the control group that was based only on commercial concentrate 2111 ± 46.21 g/animal. Keywords: diet, weight gain, feed conversion, economic conversion rate.