The utilization of cassava by-products into complete ration on performances and feed digestibility of weaning male crossbred Landrace pigs

A study was conducted to determine the utilization of cassava by-products, especially leaves, peel and pulp included into a complete ration on the performances and digestibility boar crossbred Landrace pigs. 16 crossbred white Landrace piglets with an initial live weight of 20.40 (± 1.27) kg used in this study. A completely randomized design was used in which the 16 piglets were randomly allocated to four diets and four replicates. The four dietary treatments were used: T0 = positive control (commercial pig starter/grower added without dried cassava by-products); T20 = commercial pig starter/grower added with 20% dried cassava by-products; T40 = commercial pig starter/grower added with 40% dried cassava by-products; T60 = commercial pig starter/grower added with 60% dried cassava by-products. The best result of adding cassava byproducts in commercial starter/grower of pigs were at the level of 20% with FI of 1.547 kg/head/day, BWG of 0.296 kg/head/day, FCR of 5.22, DM digestibility of 77.72%, OM digestibility of 73.77%. It was concluded that cassava by-products derived from the making of cassava chips for human consumption can be included in pigs starter and grower diet up to 20%.