Efecto de los alimentos germinados para cuyes durante la etapa de crecimiento y engorde en el cantón Chaco, provincia de Napo.

Abstract

In the Educational Unit "El Chaco" located in the Chaco canton, Napo province, the productive behavior of guinea pigs during the growth and fattening stage was evaluated. They were fed with germinated grains (corn, wheat and barley) plus sugar cane leaves in order to obtain optimal food germinated for these livestock. 80 guinea pigs, 40 males and 40 females of the improved line at 30 days of age were used. They had an average weight of 0.40 kg. A completely randomized design was applied in a combinatorial arrangement of factors with 5 repetitions and 2 experimental units per cage. The food rations were: T0: 0.35 Kg of Green Forage / animal / day was supplied. In the T1, T2 and T3, 0.2 Kg of Green Forage + 0.05 Kg of germinated / animal / day was supplied. The experimental results were subjected to an analysis of variance (ADEVA) and the separation of means according to Tukey at a level of significance (P≤0.05) obtaining the following results: the variables final weight, weight gain, total food consumption, feed conversion, weight and yield to the carcass did not report significant differences between the treatments under study, while the variables forage consumption and sprout consumption showed significant differences. Regarding the sex factor, a supremacy of male guinea pigs in relation to females was observed. The best B / C was found in Q3 with $ 1.43 generating a profit of 0.43 cents. It is concluded that the use of cereal sprouts does not affect the productive behavior of guinea pigs in the tropics. Therefore, the producer is recommended to select this ecologically viable nutritional alternative that lowers its production costs, especially barley sprouts due to its great palatability and the good economic yields it offers.