Una prueba exploratoria de la alimentación usando "Tropaeolum tuberrosum"

Abstract

As a preliminsy trial in the use of Tropaeolum tuberosum as feed, six weanling pigs were divided into three groups receiving cooked tubers plus grain and skim milk. saw tubers plus grain and skim milk, and grain and skim milk, respectively

The tubers were consumed in either form, but the cooked tubers were more palatable than the raw Under the conditions of the trial, the vation with cooked tubers gave the best results from the standpoint of weight gain and feed efficiency, followed by the vation with raw tubers, and the grain control, En that order The inbers warrant more study, especially where they are available in quantity.