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Growth performance and economic analysis of native pigs fed diet with or without Trichantera leaf meal (Trichantera gigantea) [manuscript]
(2019) Vianca Vanessa S. Casimiro
The study was conducted to assess growth performance and economic benefits of native pigs diet with or without Trichantera (Trichantera gigantea) leaf meal (TLM) in growing native pigs with a mean body weight of 5.54 ≠ 0.30 kg were used in the experiment and were allocated into two dietary treatments with 5 replicates at one pig per replicate. The two dietary treatment were namely. Treatment 1 which was a basal diet (100% BD) composed of rice bran, limestone, salt, molasses, poultry by product, antioxidant, vitamin-mineral premixes while treatment 2 was 85% BD + 15% TLM. Results showed significant differences (P<0.05) on average daily feed intake. Body weight gain, average daily gain and feed conversion ratio of growing native pigs at all feeding period were comparable. There was also no economic benefit for growing native pigs fed diet with Trichantera. Considering that there was a signifcant difference in feed intake by growing native pigs fed diet with 15% Trichantera, higher inclusion for Trichantera may elicit significant response in future investigation.