NM 12. Effect of the addition of dehydrated sweet potato foliage of the diet to gilts on production and reproduction during gestation and lactation

• J. Garcia ^[1] ; Carlos Gonzalez-Araujo ^[1] ; A. Escobar ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Central de Venezuela

     Universidad Central de Venezuela

     Venezuela

     
• Localización: Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal, ISSN 1022-1301, ISSN-e 1022-1301, Vol. 5, Nº. 3, 1997 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Proceedings XV ALPA meeting 1)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Twenty four 100 kg hybrid gilts were used in an experiment to determine the effect of addition of dehydrated sweet potato foliage to the basic diet on production and reproduction during gestation and lactation. A randomized block treatment design with six repetitions and four treatment was used: T1: Basic diet (BD), T2: diet with 20% foliage (F), T3: diets with 40 %F and T4: diet with 60 %F. During gestation 2.5 kg of feed was given for 90 minutes. During lactation was available according to production. During gestation there were differences (P