Effects of Incorporating Coconut Cake or Palm Kernel Cake in Piglet Fattening ()
ABSTRACT
In Côte d’Ivoire, coconut and palm
cultivation are very developed. Industrial utilization of these crops fruits is generated some under
products that can be used in breeding. The aim of this study was to test the
potentialities in the breeding of cattle-cake of coconut and cattle-cake of palm kernel when they
are incorporated in diets of piglet fattening. 18 piglets teamed up into three homogenous
groups (three
males castrate and three females) were used. The control group was fed a diet made with 55% of maize + 10% of bran maize +
25% fish powder + 4% of ash + 3% of salt. The test 1 group called diet ESSAI 1
was fed a mixture of 70% of the control diet and 30% of cattle-cake of coconut. The test
2 group called diet ESSAI 2 was fed with a mixture of 70% of the control diet and 30% of
cattle-cake of palm kernel. The analysis made showed that the two cattle-cake are nutritiously rich and their incorporation
in diets at degree of 30% of the total diet induced growth performance similar
to that obtained with the control diet. Animals of each group were in good health
and diets EASSAI 1 and ESSAI 2 were cheaper than the control diet. Then,
cattle-cake of coconut and cattle-cake of palm kernel can be recommended as
part of the diet of piglet (about 30%) in order to enhance profit with the same
growth performance.
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Howélé, O. , Bazoumana, O. , Soualio, K. and Séraphin, K. (2023) Effects of Incorporating Coconut Cake or Palm Kernel Cake in Piglet Fattening.
Open Journal of Animal Sciences,
13, 137-150. doi:
10.4236/ojas.2023.131010.
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