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Revista MVZ Córdoba
Print version ISSN 0122-0268On-line version ISSN 1909-0544
Abstract
TREJO-SANCHEZ MVZ, Francisco et al. Growth of Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) with feed for rabbits and supplementation of vitamin C. Rev.MVZ Cordoba [online]. 2019, vol.24, n.3, pp.7286-7290. Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 0122-0268. https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1384.
Objective.
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the feed intake, digestibility and growth of pigs fed with two feeds (A and K) specially formulated for this species and a commercial feed for growing rabbits with supplementation of vitamin C (RF+VC).
Materials and methods.
Eighteen Guinea pigs of 248±38 g initial body weight were distributed in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement 3×2 (dietary treatments and sex). Feed and neutral detergent fiber intake, weight gain, feed/gain, and morphometric variables were measured individually for 30 days. Dry matter and neutral detergent fiber digestibility were measured during the last seven days of the experiment.
Results.
There were no differences on feed intake (p=0.88); however, the dry matter digestibility was higher (p<0.01) in feeds formulated for Guinea pigs (A and K) and lower in the rabbit feed plus vitamin C. The intake and digestibility of NDF were higher in the RF+VC and lower in feeds for Guinea pigs (p< 0.01). The average daily gain was similar among the treatments (p>0.05). There were no differences (p>0.01) in the morphometric variables among dietary treatments, but there were sex differences as the males were bigger than the females (p<0.01).
Conclusions.
The results indicate that Guinea pigs can be fed with rabbit feed supplemented with vitamin C.
Keywords : Digestibility; feeding; feed intake; growth (Source:CAB).