Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVII, Issue 2
Written by Anatolie DANILOV, Serghei COSHMAN, Igor PETCU
The work presents the results of a study on the chemical composition of pumpkin seed cake with shell and its potential use in the feeding of fattening piglets. It was established that including pumpkin seed cake in the diets of meat hybrids at proportions of 4%/t and 7%/t of combined fodder did not have a negative impact on health, productive performance, carcass quality, and economic indicators. Tests showed that substituting soybean meal with pumpkin seed cake at a rate of 4%/t in the first fattening period and 7%/t of combined fodder in the second period provides an average daily growth increase of 789g, with a slaughter yield (hot carcass weight) of 80.53%, average backfat thickness at the 6/7 thoracic vertebra of 29.33 mm, 23.00 mm at the spine, 18.67 mm at the rump, eye muscle area of 42.69 cm², ham weight of 11.763 kg, and fat content in the Longissimus dorsi muscle of 4.53%, provided an economic benefit of 10.62 euros for each raised and fattened head.
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