Effects on performance of growing pigs fed diets containing different levels of dried cashew pulp

Trop Anim Health Prod. 2009 Oct;41(7):1577-81. doi: 10.1007/s11250-009-9349-0. Epub 2009 Apr 24.

Abstract

The purpose was to investigate the use of dried cashew pulp (DrCP), the sun-dried residue after juice has been extracted from the cashew apple, as a feed ingredient in growing pig diets. The growth rate, feed intake, feed to gain ratio and cost of gain of grower pigs fed diets containing 0 (0DrCP), 100 (100DrCP), 150 (150DrCP) or 200 (200DrCP) g kg(-1) of dried cashew pulp was investigated in a feeding trial set up as a Completely randomized design with 4 treatments replicated 3 times and lasting 112 days. There were no significant differences (P > 0.05) among treatments in the parameters measured. It was concluded that dried cashew pulp could be used in growing pig diets up to a level of 200 g kg(-1) without any deleterious effects. Future work will look at higher levels of DrCP inclusion in the diets of growing pigs.

MeSH terms

  • Anacardium*
  • Animal Feed / analysis*
  • Animal Feed / economics
  • Animals
  • Diet / economics
  • Diet / veterinary*
  • Ghana
  • Sus scrofa / growth & development*