Evaluación de harina de Scirpus rigidus (totorilla) para la alimentación de conejos neozelandés en la etapa de gestación y lactancia.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of different levels of Scirpus rigidus (cattail) meal in the feeding of New Zealand rabbits during gestation and lactation. (cattail) for the feeding of New Zealand rabbits in the gestation and lactation stage, for which the addition of 10, 20, 30 % totortilla meal was compared with a control treatment. A completely randomized design was used with 10 replicates per treatment, including the control. A total of 40 rabbits with an average weight of 2.34 were used. For statistical analysis, the experimental results were subjected to ADEVA. Separation of means of the treatments using the Tukey test at 0.05 and 0.01 of significance and regression and correlation analysis, resulting in a significant difference in the productive behavior in the variables concentrate consumption per kilogram of dry matter and total feed consumption when using 30% of cattail meal. In the reproductive behavior, significant differences were reported in prolificacy when using 20% cattail meal; the treatment with the highest profitability was with the use of 20% cattail meal with 1.25 USD. It is concluded that the addition of cattail meal in the diet of rabbits does not affect productive behavior and increases prolificacy. It is recommended to rabbits producers the implementation of cattail meal in the feeding of rabbits as it allows to reduce costs and improve animal performance.