Abstract
Were assessed the effect of five traditional diets backyard turkeys in confinement. The experiment lasted 36 weeks, the turkeys were randomized to one of five diets: kitchen waste + fresh forage (T1), kitchen waste (T2), commercial feed + fresh forage (T3), cracked corn + fresh forage (T4) and commercial feed (T5). Food and water were provided ad libitum. Each treatment with birds of both sexes had two repetitions with four birds and each bird was considered as an experimental unit. Were evaluated daily weight gain, total weight gain, final live weight, total length peak-tail, monthly gain peak-tail, total length, total length of wings, monthly gain wings length, and feed cost. The data were analyzed in a completely randomized arrangement with adjusted means and Tukey’s mean comparison, then an evaluation of treatment groups by analyzing clusters for semi quantitative data. The biggest daily gain, total weight gain and final live weight was obtained with treatment T3, while the highest increase in peak-length tail and wings was obtained with treatment T1 (P
Highlights
The turkey breeding and production slow-growing native or Creole, in Mexico, is a good choice for families with limited resources farmers obtain animal protein of high quality, but is not considered a major zootechnical activity [1]
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect that some of the traditional food systems compared to commercial feed, relative to growth, relating weight gain, body development, in addition to estimating the cost of turkey feed, to determine which treatment is most suitable for the slow-growing native turkeys raised in confinement
Respect to daily weight gain, treatment of commercial food + fresh forage (T3) had the best performance with average increase production more than 9 g/d compared to the gain of treatments with less weight gain, who were the turkeys with cracked corn + fresh forage (T4) and kitchen waste (T2), these differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05)
Summary
The turkey breeding and production slow-growing native or Creole, in Mexico, is a good choice for families with limited resources farmers obtain animal protein of high quality, but is not considered a major zootechnical activity [1]. The production of slow-growing turkey has the advantage of being semi-rustic, birds provides a wide range of adaptation to different climates and natural resistance against diseases [2], since it has shown its ability to develop antibodies against some diseases that are naturally exposed [3]. These factors give them greater hardiness and ability to adapt to the need little care [4]. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect that some of the traditional food systems compared to commercial feed, relative to growth, relating weight gain, body development, in addition to estimating the cost of turkey feed, to determine which treatment is most suitable for the slow-growing native turkeys raised in confinement
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