Availability of horticultural byproducts and nutritional status of growing pigs of Assam

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the availability of horticultural byproducts, feeding practices and nutritional status in growing pigs of four selected districts of Assam. Availability of byproducts of three fruits i,e, pine apple, orange, banana and three vegetables i,e, cabbage, pumpkin and carrot was calculated out from the total production considering the yield per kg of the main product The observations were recorded from 15 farmers from each of 4 villages. Feed samples were collected, pooled and chemically analyzed for proximate principles as per AOAC (1995). The average CP content of the mixed feed was in the range of 11.75-14.66 percent. The calculated ME value of the feed was 2.60 to 2.75 Mcal/kg DM. The percent deficit/surplus of nutrients was calculated out.CP deficit was in the range of 25.82 to 32.81 percent and the energy deficit was 20.42 to 28.98 percent. The DM deficit was relatively smaller which ranged from 17.11 to 18.44 percent.