UTILISATION OF PRAWN WASTE AS PIG FEED
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1991-08-14
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COLLEGE OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES Mannuthy - Trichur
Abstract
An investigation was carried out to assess the feeding
lue of prawn waste as a partial or complete replacement of
nsalted dried fish in the rations for growing-finishing pigs,
two Large VJhite Yorkshire weanling pigs with an average
body weight of 9.1 kg were distributed randomly and uniformly as
far as possible to four groups (Groups I, II, m and IV) of
eight animals each, with regard to age, sex and body v/eight and
housed in pairs of the same sex. The four dietary treatments
A, B, C and D were allotted to the pigs in the groups I, II, m
and IV respectively. Of the total protein, 25 per cent in the
diets A, B and C and 12.5 per cent in the diet D were provided
as animal protein. Unsalted dried fish was used as animal
protein source in the diets C and D. Diet C formed the control
diet. In the diets A and B, 50 per cent and 100 per cent
replacements respectively of animal protein from unsalted dried
fish were made usincj dried prawn waste. All the animals were
maintained on the respective diets with 18 per cent total
protein upto an average live weight of 50 kg and with 14 per
cent protein till they attained a bodv weight of 70 kg or
8 months of age, whichever was earlier, when they were
slaughtered to study carcass characteristics.
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