Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
Year : 2009, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : ( 81) Last page : ( 84)
Print ISSN : 0972-2963.

Effect of Kitchen Waste on Growth of Crossbred (Tamworth × Desi) Pigs

Kumar S., Sinha A.P., Singh R.N., Singh S.K.¹, Thakur S.*

Animal Nutrition Department, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi-834 006, India.

*Reprint request: Dr. S. Thakur

¹Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics.

Received:  8  August,  2007.

Abstract

The study was conducted on 36 weaned crossbred (Tamworth × Desi) pigs (2.5 months, 11.00±0.54 kg) divided into three equal groups and maintained on isocaloric and iso-introgenous grower ration. The control group (T₁) ration was totally replaced with raw kitchen waste and boiled kitchen waste in groups T₂ and T₃, respectively. Feeding trial continued for 126 days. Pigs on raw kitchen waste (T₂) and boiled kitchen waste (T₃) had significantly (P<0.05) higher daily weight gain (340±11.3 and 316±12.0 g) than group T₁ (265±9.9 g). The feed conversion efficiency (kg feed/kg gain in BW) was also significantly (P<0.05) better in T₂ (3.42±0.08) and T₃ (3.62±0.12) than the control group (4.10±0.20). Cost of feed per kg gain in body weight was lowest in T₂ (Rs. 20.53) followed by T₃ (21.70) and higher in group T₁ (Rs. 42.46). The percent reduction in cost against the control diet was 51.65% in T₂ and 48.87% in T₃. It was concluded that feeding of kitchen waste as raw or boiled replacing concentrate mixture totally increased the productive performance of pigs.

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Keywords

Crossbred pigs, Kitchen waste, Growth, Feed conversion efficiency, Economics.

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