title: Further studies on the effects of diets containing dried coffee pulp: growth performance, blood and carcass characteristics of pigs.
abstract: 4 groups of 5 pigs each were fed rations containing 0, 10, 20, or 30% of dried coffee pulp over a period of 10 weeks. The inclusion of these rations had no significant influence on the feed intake, growth rate and feed conversion efficiency. There were no significant differences in the blood parameters either (glucose, protein, P, Ca, cholesterol) or in the slaughter weight. Pigs fed the coffee pulp had less backfat and higher liver weights.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Okai
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dabo
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001823:Body Composition; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003069:Coffee; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000254:growth & development; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D009929:Organ Size; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D011897:Random Allocation; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000097:blood / Q000254:growth & development*; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D003069:Coffee; D010758:Phosphorus; D002784:Cholesterol; D002118:Calcium