title: Effect of passion fruit seed meal on growth performance, carcass, and blood characteristics in starter pigs.
abstract: Two experiments were carried out in Paraná State, Brazil, to evaluate the nutritional value of passion fruit seed meal (PFM) and to study the effect of PFM on growth performance, carcass, and blood characteristics in starter pigs (Topigs 20 × Tybor). In experiment 1, 25 castrated males, averaging 19.1-kg body weight, were individually fed in a completely randomized block design, consisting of five treatments and five replicates and an experimental period that lasted 14 days. In experiment 2, a total of 60 pigs (30 females and 30 castrated males) were distributed in a randomized block design with five treatments, six replications, and two animals per experimental unit and 90 days of experimentation. For both experiments, the same PFM inclusion rates were used in the experimental diets, namely, 0, 4, 8, 12, and 16 %. The metabolizable energy of PFM was estimated to be 15.0 MJ/kg. Inclusion of PFM at any level did not affect average daily gain, daily feed intake, feed/gain ratio, backfat thickness, loin depth, and plasma or blood components. It is concluded that passion fruit seed meal for swine in the starting phase can be added at a rate of up to 16 % in the diet without any negative effects on growth performance, carcass, and blood characteristics in starter commercial line pigs.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil. lise_faqui@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcelise Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fachinello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Cesar
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Pozza
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campos Dois Vizinhos, Estrada para Boa Esperança, Km 04 Zona Rural, Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, 85660-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - Campos Marechal Cândido Rondon, Rua Pernambuco, 1777, Marechal Cândido Rondon, Paraná, 85960-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Levi Oliveira
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro Dalcin
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Castilha
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tiago Junior
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Pasquetti
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas Antonio Costa
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Esteves
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790 Bloco J45, Maringá, Paraná, 87020-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laura Marcela Diaz
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Huepa
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology; D001823:Body Composition; D001938:Brazil; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D008297:Male; D012639:Seeds; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Blood component; Carcass characteristic; Growth performance; Nutritional value; Passion fruit seed meal; Plasma component