Evaluación del comportamiento productivo y económico de pollitas de la línea Lohmann Brown en la etapa de levante alimentadas con distintos niveles de cascarilla de café

Abstract

In the present investigation, the productive and economic behavior of chicks of the Lohmann Brown line in the levante stage (4-12 weeks) fed with different levels of coffee husk (0, 5 and 10%) in the Poultry Farm San Alfonso located in Bayushig Parish, was evaluated. Under a completely random design and a comparison of averages by means of Tukey (0.05). For which two experimental treatments and a control treatment with three repetitions were used, making up each experimental unit by 50 chickens, giving a total of 450 birds in study, with a duration of 9 weeks. Significant differences were recorded between treatments (P<0.05) only for the productive parameter food consumption, with the best result those chickens fed with diets with 0% inclusion of coffee husk (TO), with a food consumption of 2623.33 ± 5.06 g., as for the other variables subject to study, no statistical differences were found between treatments. On the other hand, the best cost benefit ratio was reported by the treatment with the inclusion of 10% of coffee husk (T2) with 1.17 USD and a profitability of 17%. It was concluded that the inclusion of coffee husk in the feeding of birds in this study did not improve the productive parameters, but allowed to be more profitable by obtaining a greater economic benefit and a similar development of the birds compared to the control treatment. In general, the inclusion of coffee husks in poultry feed is recommended as a cost-effective strategy for the poultry sector.