Title
Effect of three mating types and two feeding types on reproductive parameters in Guinea pig reared in the peruvian highlands
Other title
Efecto de Tres Tipos de Empadre y Dos Tipos de Alimentación sobre los Índices Reproductivos en Cuyes Criados en la Sierra Peruana
Date Issued
01 April 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of three mating types and two feeding types on reproductive parameters. A total of 210 females and 30 males Guinea pigs were used in a complete block design with a factorial arrangement of three mating types (post-partum, post weaning, 7-day after weaning) x two feeding types (green forage, green forage with supplement). The study included the evaluation of the reproductive performance of females between the second and third parturition. The results showed the significant effect of the mating type on birth weight, number of parturitions per year and the efficient use of estrus (p<0.05). Additionally, there was a significant effect of feeding type on birth weight (p<0.05). The interaction feeding and mating type was significant indicating that supplementation tends to improve fertility rate, litter size and annual productivity index when applying the post-partum mating; likewise, it tends to proportionally reduce them according to the interval between parturition and the beginning of mating in the post-weaning and 7-day after weaning mating types (p<0.05). In Guinea pig breeding in the Peruvian highlands is recommended the post-partum mating with energy supplementation instead of only green forage or post-weaning mating using green forage.
Start page
359
End page
369
Volume
28
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85028851385
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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