A Preliminary Study on Developing a Feed Ration with Poultry Offal Meal for Young Fattening Pigs
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2013
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
Abstract
There are several important factors to be concerned when conducting a commercial piggery
including feeding and housing. Feeding is one of the most important tasks based on meeting the
animal’s requirements for energy and protein to optimize the growth performance and carcass
lean content (Pettigrew and Esnaola, 2001). In general feed cost accounts for 55 % - 75 % of the
total cost in any commercial pig farm (Ologhobo et al., 2012). As an alternative for high cost
ingredients, some local feed that are inexpensive can be used in feed formulation for the
fatteners which provide complete nutrition. Poultry Offal meal (POM) is one of the highly
important feed stuffs available for the animal feed formulation (Hansen et al., 2006). Recycling
of poultry offal waste helps to reduce the high cost of dietary ingredients and feeding that are
associated with intensive animal production systems as well as to reduce the environmental and
health hazards to human (Ologhobo et al., 2012). The objective of this experiment was to
develop a ration with POM for feeding fattening pigs to reduce the cost of production and
supply required level of nutrients.
Methodology
The current study was carried out at the Maxies & Company (Pvt) Ltd, Wennappuwa. One
month old twelve fatteners were divided into four groups and fed with three experimental feed
rations (Feed A, 23 % POM; Feed B, 20 % POM and Feed C, 18 % POM) and the commercial
pig starter ration was given as the control feed for the fourth group. All three experimental feed
rations were formulated with different proportions of POM and other ingredients as listed in
Table 1., according to the swine nutritional recommendations of National Research Council
(NRC, 1995).
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Animal Sciences, Animal Foods, Food Science, Veterinary Sciences, Veterinary Pathobiology, Veterinary Medicine