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    Utilización de tres subproductos de molinería en la elaboración de bloques nutricionales, para la alimentación de cuyes en la etapa de acabado
    (Ecuador: Latcuanga: Universidad Técnica ed Cotopaxi (UTC), 2024-08) Llerena Zambrano, Julio César; Silva Deley, Lucia Monserrath
    This research was carried out in the Minor Species Academic Unit of the Faculty of Animal Sciences at ESPOCH, over a period of 120 days. Forty guinea pigs of the improved Peruvian line were used, in the finishing phase, with an average initial weight of 300 grams. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of three milling by-products (wheat bran, beer bran and oat bran) compared to a control treatment. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 replications was applied, and the size of the experimental unit was 2 guinea pigs. The results indicate that the T3 treatment (oat bran) presented the highest values of final weight of 0.93 kg, weight gain of 0.66 kg, a feed conversion of 6.80, carcass weight of 0.78 kg and a carcass yield of 82.73%. In contrast, the highest forage consumption (1.66 kg of dry matter), feed block consumption (2.86 kg of dry matter) and total feed consumption (4.51 kg of dry matter) were observed in treatment T1 (beer bran) and T2 (wheat bran). The economic analysis revealed that treatment T3 obtained the best cost-benefit ratio, with a value of 1.24 USD, this means that, for each dollar invested, a profit of 24 cents was obtained, resulting in a profitability of 24%. These findings suggest that the use of oat bran in the feeding of guinea pigs in the finishing phase not only improves productive performance in terms of weight gain and feed efficiency, but also provides a significant economic benefit. The research provides crucial data that can help optimize feeding practices and increase economic sustainability in guinea pig production.