The Benefit of the Use Agriculture and Food Industry Wastes as Pig Feed and Its Impact on Production Performance and Economic Value of Pigs at Various Rearing Phases in Manokwari District

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out the economic potential of the use of pig feed ration based on agriculture and food industry wastes and the performance of the pig production in starter, grower and finisher phases. It used 12 starter pigs, 4 grower pigs and 4 finisher pigs. The pigs were of local breed of Papua. They were given feed treatments in all of the phases at the ratios of commercial feed to the feed made of the agricultural and food industry wastes of 100% commercial feed: 0% wastes, 75% commercial feed: 25% wastes, 50% commercial feed: 50% wastes, and 25% commercial feed: 75% wastes. All of the feeds were formulated using iso energy and iso protein methods in accordance with the need for the feed at each of the growing phases of the pigs. The results of the study showed that there was not any significant impact on the performance in terms of average daily gain and vital statistic of body length and body circumference of the pigs at all of the phases. However, there was a significant difference among the feed costs among the treatments. The waste feed was able to significantly reduce the feed up to 62.49%. Based on the results of the study, it could be recommended that the pig ration made of the agricultural and food industry wastes might be given as the replacement of the commercial feed. The waste-based ration might be used in rearing pigs up to 28 weeks of age to obtain positive profit.