Effect of level of dietary protein on growth and feed conversion of Moo Lath pigs fed a mixture of ensiled taro foliage (Colocasia esculenta) and of ensiled banana pseudo-stem (Musa spp)

摘要

Twentyfemalepigs(MooLathbreed),withaverageinitialliveweightof11.4kgwerehousedinindividualpensandrandomlyallocatedto5dietarycrudeproteinlevels(8,9.10,11and12%inDM),derivedfromensiledtarofoliage(rangeof30-70%),ensiledbananapseudostem(48-5%)andbrokenrice(20%)(onDMbasis).nbsp;Growthandfeedconversionwereoptimizedwith12%crudeproteininthedietDM,80%ofwhichwasderivedfromensiledtaroleavesandpetioles.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;