Title
Growth of Four Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) Genotypes under two Feeding Systems
Other title
Crecimiento de cuatro genotipos de cuyes (Cavia porcellus) bajo dos sistemas de alimentación
Date Issued
07 August 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria Corpoica
Abstract
The main technical parameters of four improved guinea pig genotypes currently available and subjected to two feeding systems (mixed and integral) during the growth stage were evaluated. Ninety-six newly weaned male guinea pigs (15 ± 3 days) belonging to the genotypes: Cieneguilla-UNALM, Peru-INIA, Cuy G-IVITA/Mantaro/UNMSM, and Inkacuy-UCSS were used. Pelletized diets as well as water, were offered ad libitum for eight weeks, while forage (maize husks) was only supplied to the mixed treatments. A completely randomized design with a factorial arrangement of eight treatments and three replicates of four animals in each was used. The factors were the genotype on the one hand, and the feeding system (mixed and integral) on the other hand. The results showed that, at the genotype level, Cieneguilla, Cuy G and Inkacuy recorded better weights and weight gains (p < 0.05) compared to Perú. Feed conversion favored (p < 0.05) the T2 treatment (Cieneguilla-integral); in general, the Cieneguilla-UNALM genotype performed better than the others; meanwhile, the systems with and without forage, except for intake that was higher in the first (p < 0.05), showed a similar behavior (p > 0.05).
Volume
21
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091280401
Source
Ciencia Tecnologia Agropecuaria
ISSN of the container
01228706
Sponsor(s)
Los autores expresan su agradecimiento a las siguientes instituciones peruanas: Programa de Investigación y Proyección Social en Animales Menores (PIPSAM) de la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM); Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura (IVITA-Mantaro) de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (sede Donoso) y a la Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae (UCSS), por su apoyo durante el proceso investigativo. A J. Sarria (Profesor Principal de Animales Menores, Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Zootecnia de la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Perú) por proveer información sobre la producción de cuyes en el Perú, así como a los revisores y editores de la revista por sus comentarios y aportes, que ayudaron a mejorar el presente trabajo.
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