Materias primas empleadas en las fórmulas alimenticias para porcinos en la provincia de El Oro- Ecuador.

Abstract

For a pig farmer, feeding pigs can mean the success or failure of his farm, and it is known that a balanced feed is a food formula prepared from vegetable, animal and synthetic ingredients, which allows providing the specific amount of nutrients necessary for the maintenance and performance of the productive units, but it is also known that feed is precisely the most important item in an animal farm, and the selection of raw materials directly influences the final cost of this factor. In the province of El Oro, the raw materials used to prepare feed are very limited, and do not extend to the range of raw materials that can be used for this purpose. Currently, traditional raw materials are in a contradictory moment, due to the rise in price, in addition to the fact that the national supply is not satisfied, so they must be imported in large quantities. On the other hand, the wastage of potential sources of nutrients such as slaughterhouse and agro-industry residues, in activities that are unfavorable to the environment, makes it imperative that they be used as raw materials that can be used in balanced animal feed.