Efecto de diferentes niveles de morera en el consumo y crecimiento de cabritas destetadas en confinamiento total
Résumé
With the objective of evaluating the good levels of inclusion of the mulberry forage (Morus alba) as supplement in the ration of weaned kids, an experiment was conducted with 20 weaned kids F1 of 10,2 kg of live weight (LW) and 3 months of age as average. The animals were distributed in a totally randomized design with 4 groups, according to the treatments: A) control (Panicum maximum forage + dehydrated citrus husk), B) 0,5% (P. maximum+ mulberry to 0,5% of the LW), C) 1,5% (P. maximum+ mulberry to 1,5% of the LW) and D) 2,5% (P. maximum+ mulberry to 2,5% of the LW). The voluntary feed intake was significantly affected (p<0,001) by the level of mulberry offered; with the increase of mulberry level the ingestion of all the nutrients increased until the inclusion of 1,5%, with which highest the ingestion of dry matter (544,7 g), crude protein (54,47 g) and metabolisable energy (1,17 Mcal per animal/day) was obtained. The highest growth rate was obtained with treatments C and D, although there were no significant differences among them.