title: Effects on performance of growing pigs fed diets containing different levels of dried cashew pulp.
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.
authors.affiliation: Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box 8, New Tafo-Akim, Eastern Region, Ghana. emmanuel_oddoye@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E O K
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Oddoye
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Takrama
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anchirina
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Agyente-Badu
mesh_terms: D031021:Anacardium; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis* / Q000191:economics; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary*; D005869:Ghana; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000254:growth & development*