ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT: A COMPARISON BETWEEN POTENTIAL OF METHANE EMISSION FROM WASTE AND QUANTITY OF PRODUCED FOOD

摘要

The aim of this study was to compare the main species of husbandry interest, in relation to the efficiency of food conversion into animal origin products (meat and egg), residue production and potential of methane emission from residue fermentation. This way, five species of animal during production phase were selected: 1) pigs, from birth to slaughter (final live weight (LW) of 90 kg); 2) cattle, from weaning to slaughter (LW: 520 kg); 3) goat, from weaning to slaughter (LW: 30 kg); 4) poultry, during the complete phase of laying (14.7 kg of eggs); 5) broiler, from birth to slaughter (LW: 3.1 Kg). For estimating proposed parameters, data of performance were measured and anaerobic digestion of produced waste by animals was done. In a general way, ruminant waste showed height concentration of fiber and low potential of biogas production, although the lower performance of those animals in the conversion of food into the product and increased production of waste, made that those animals showed greater production of methane per kg of produced food.