Parámetros productivos de pollos de engorde, alimentados con una dieta que contiene harina de chocho (Lupinus mutabilis Sweet), comparado con un alimento comercial, con soya, en la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

This investigation took place into the Technical Education for Development Faculty at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University. A focus group for about 64 COBB chickens was considered to the investigation. They were divided randomly into two groups, they were raised under the same circumstances, expecting for their nutrition because one of the groups was fed with “chocho” as the proteinic source meanwhile the other group was fed with a commercial food based on soy as the proteinic source. The main purpose of this research is to determine the differences between the zootechnical parameters of each group; in addition, to measure the changes in the productive achievement which were caused by diverse diets from a variety of vegetable protein sources. At the end of this project, it was discovered that the implementation of balanced feed that contains “chocho” (Lupinus mutabilis Sweet) as a proteinic source is a reasonable alternative in front of the use of soy balanced feed because it allows the improvement of zootechnical index and contributes to a production cost reduction.