Evaluación de diferentes niveles de Cúrcuma longa (Cúrcuma), como pigmetante natural en dietas a base de sorgo, para la implementación de pollos broiler

Abstract

This research was conducted in Mexico country in order to evaluate the pigmenting effect by adding different levels of curcuma in the diet of broilers of the Ross line chicks. 450 birds were used in a design completely lift with 5 repetitions of 30 birds each in 3 treatments. The treatments were 1 and 2% of curcuma in diets based on sorghum and soya, supplied from 21 to 42 days old. Regarding the production parameters significant differences were it was posible to obtain a final weight of 2053 g unlike to the witness where 1702,07 g were obtained, in trems of feed conversion thes best tratment was the tratment with 2% whit a value of 2,11, obtaining the best performance in the chicken cuts 75,19% by treatment whit 2% curcuma, differing whit the control treatment where a value of 70,44% was obtained, whit respect to pigmentation the best result was shown by adding 2 and 1% of curcuma whit values of 6,39 and 5,50 respectively in the region of the breast, also the best benefit by adding 2% of curcuma with a profit of 0,72 ctv., concluding that the addition of curcuma can improve the production parameters and give a desired pigmentation for the Ecuadorian market. Keywords: PIGMENTATION, CURCUMA, CHICKENS