Abstract

An experiment was carried out at the Escola Media de Agricultura de Florestal, Minas Gerais, in order to verify the viability of cassava roots use (Manihot utilissima, Pohl) ;in natura; in growing and fattening swine diets. Three treatments were used, containing commercial mixture for fatteningswine (B), ground corn (C) and all receiving para grass (Brachiaria mutica Stapf) ;ad libitum;. In each treatment were used ten crossbred animals of 133,5 days and gains were 0,451; 0,452 and 0,178 kg for treatments A, B and C, respectively. The analysis of variance revealed that for livre gains and lard’s thickness there was no statistically significant difference among litters and treatments A and B, having, however, (p

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