The aim of this study was to determine the effect of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) meal as a partial substitute for soybean cake on the productive performance of broiler chickens in the finishing phase. The study included 336 21-day-old Cobb chickens in four treatments with three replications: T0=0%, T1=5%, T2=10%, and T3=15% soybean cake replacement with velvet bean. The feed consumption of T2 and T3 chicks was significantly lower than in the control group (p<0.05), but similar to T1. Feed conversion was similar between the three velvet bean treatments, but T2 presented a better conversion than T0 (p<0.05). Carcass percent and body weight gain were similar among treatments. The highest economic returns were obtained in T2 (S/. 1.75 per chicken) and T0 (S/. 1.73), closely followed by the other treatments. It is concluded that 10% velvet bean meal can be used in the feed ration with...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) meal as a partial substitute for soybean cake on the productive performance of broiler chickens in the finishing phase. The study included 336 21-day-old Cobb chickens in four treatments with three replications: T0=0%, T1=5%, T2=10%, and T3=15% soybean cake replacement with velvet bean. The feed consumption of T2 and T3 chicks was significantly lower than in the control group (p<0.05), but similar to T1. Feed conversion was similar between the three velvet bean treatments, but T2 presented a better conversion than T0 (p<0.05). Carcass percent and body weight gain were similar among treatments. The highest economic returns were obtained in T2 (S/. 1.75 per chicken) and T0 (S/. 1.73), closely followed by the other treatments. It is concluded that 10% velvet bean meal can be used in the feed ration with...

El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el comportamiento productivo de bucerros (Bubalus bubalis) bajo pastoreo rotativo y suplementación mineral en el centro ganadero Km 17, Yutrimaguas. Se emplearon 18 bucerros machos y hembras (Murrah x Jaffarabadi) bajo un diseño completamente al alzar con tres tratamientos y tres repeticiones. Los tramientos fueron: pastoreo continuo en pasturas mejoradas Brachiaria sp. y naturales (T0); pastoreo rotativo con Brachiaria brizantha más suplementación mineral (T1) y pastoreo rotacional con asociacion de Centrocema macrocarpum y Brachiaria brizantha más suplementación mineral (T2). Se evaluó el control de peso y talla al nacimiento, destete y 24 meses, además de la edad a la pubertad. El análisis de datos comprendió un análisis de varianza y la prueba de comparación múltiple de Duncan con α= 0.05 empleando el programa SPSS v.18.0. Las medias ...