Evaluación del efecto de la harina de ramio en la alimentación avícola

Abstract

The Ramio (Boehmeria nivea), by means of many studies and realised industrial and agricultura! investigations at International level, has demonstrated that it owns many benefits and Utilities like protein source for poultries. It presents/displays many facilities since it is a culture that adapts very well to any type ofclimate and especially to a tropical climate as of our Coast and East, apartfrom which its foliage owns a high protein and very tempting contení for the poultries, cattle and pig. The young of poultries of the chickens of fattening is especially one of most popular in our country according to the numbers given by the SICA in the 2004, and one of the main problems in which to production costs it talks about is its feeding due to the high prices ofthe ingredients. By this different forms lookfor and develop to lower the price ofthese costs and ofobtaining tempting producís ofgood origin and to our animal. One of those forms could be the production of our own protein sources through culture of plañís that have given to good results in other countries and of easy introduction and propagation in our climate and that represents a small investment for our producers. The test lasted 42 days and 4 were evaluatedyou díctate, with 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% offlour of ramio. 250 chickens were used Ross baby of 1 doy in 4 treatments of 5 repetitions each. Thefood was similar to the used one commercially, that is to soy, ramio initial until the 28 days of age and thefmished one until the 42 days. The final result was better, statistically significant with 5% offlour of ramio (treatment 2), as much in weight with 1965,22 grams, like in nutritional conversión 2.37. Product of the greaterfood consumption, 4671,1 grams.