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Feed Efficiency Can Be Sustained in Pigs Fed with Locally Produced Narbon Vetch ( Vicia narbonensis L.)

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  • Emilio Gómez Izquierdo

    (Porcine Testing Center, Castile-Leon Agriculture Technology Institute, 40353 Hontalbilla, Spain)

  • Luis Gomez-Raya

    (Department of Animal Breeding, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Eduardo de Mercado de la Peña

    (Porcine Testing Center, Castile-Leon Agriculture Technology Institute, 40353 Hontalbilla, Spain)

  • Juan José Ciruelos

    (Porcine Testing Center, Castile-Leon Agriculture Technology Institute, 40353 Hontalbilla, Spain)

  • Wendy M. Rauw

    (Department of Animal Breeding, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

There is an interest in replacing soybean meal with locally produced ingredients in livestock feeds. Narbon vetch is resistant to unfavorable climatic and soil conditions, common pests, and has a favorable nutritional profile. The effect of substitution of soybean meal with 0% (V0), 5% (V5), 10% (V10), and 20% (V20) inclusion of Narbon vetch on growth curve parameters, daily body weight gain (DBWG), daily feed intake (DFI), feed conversion efficiency (FCE), and residual feed intake (RFI) was investigated in 47 Duroc × Iberian barrows in 16 periods (a total of 125 d). DFI and DBWG were reduced ( p < 0.05) up to four weeks after introduction of the novel feed in V20 and V10. Small, mostly nonsignificant differences existed between treatments in FCE and RFI. However, because of accumulative small differences in feed efficiency between the four diets, pigs in V0 reached the highest BW, and pigs in V20 reached the lowest BW on a similar feed intake. Economic implications of Narbon vetch inclusion depend on the extra amount of feed required and associated feed costs, and on the costs of additional days on-farm required to reach a given slaughter weight.

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  • Emilio Gómez Izquierdo & Luis Gomez-Raya & Eduardo de Mercado de la Peña & Juan José Ciruelos & Wendy M. Rauw, 2020. "Feed Efficiency Can Be Sustained in Pigs Fed with Locally Produced Narbon Vetch ( Vicia narbonensis L.)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:10:p:3993-:d:357647
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