Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation with sodium butyrate (BS) on productive performance in fattening Guinea pigs. Fifty 14-21 days old weaned male Guinea pigs were randomly distributed in five treatments (0, 100, 200, 300 ppm of BS, 200 ppm of Zn-Bacitracin). Body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion were evaluated 70 days after supplementation. No response patterns were detected due to BS or Zn-Bacitracin treatments. It is concluded that, under the experimental conditions, supplementation with BS did not improve the productive parameters evaluated.
Translated title of the contribution | Productive performance of Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) supplemented with three levels of sodium butyrate in the diet |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 1092-1098 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
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