Article Sidebar
Article Details
The copyright of a submitted article is only transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers.
Main Article Content
The performance and carcass characteristics of pigs fed diets containing discarded biscuits (DB) a bakery by- product
Abstract
The performance and carcass characteristics of young pigs fed diets containing 0, 15, 30 and 45% discarded biscuits (DB) were determined in this experiment. The DB consisted of broken, mishapend and stale biscuits and also a small amount of partially burnt biscuits. All diets were isonitrogenous and the DB used contained 10.2% crude protein. Both feed and water were provided a_d libitum but on a daily basis during the 9-week feeding trial. There were no significant differences (P> 0.05) in mean feed intake, daily weight gain and feed conversion efficiency. There was a slight linear decrease in feed cost as the level of DB increased in the diet, and the cost of gain also followed a similar trend. Carcass characteristics were similar (P>0.05) even though small numerical differences were observed. It was concluded that DB could constitute as much as 45% of the diet and replace nearly 70% of the maize in a growing pig's diet without any adverse effect on growth performance and carcass characteristics.
