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Research Note: Field Trial on the Effects of Homemade Probiotics and Sweet Potato Silage Supplementation on Sows Productivity and Profitability in the Marginal Upland Area in Inopacan, Leyte

Juluis V. Abela | Alberto A. Taveros | Bryan Rebuyas

 

Abstract:

This study is part of the big CHED-Phernet program on “Enhancing Farm Productivity and Environmental Quality in Climate Change Vulnerable Marginal Uplands of Eastern Visayas. An incomplete randomized block design was used in control field trial was conducted from May 2013 to December 2013 involving 9 sows in Guinsangaan, Linao, and Marao Inopacan, Leyte. Homemade liquid probiotics and sweet potato silagewere given to the treatment group. The sows performance on the average littersize born/Average littersize at weaning for T (commercial feeds) was 9.33/6.33 0 hds., while T (commercial feeds + 20 ml HMP) was 11.0/10.33 hds, and T 1 2 (commercial feeds + 20 ml HMP + crop-silage by-products @ 0.10% BW on DMbasis) 9.67/8.67 hds, and the averageweaningweight for T = 8.61 kg, T = 0 1 9.23 kgs, and T = 8.35 kgs, respectively.However, the total number ofweaned 2 piglets for each treatment resulted to a significant profitability (given the price per weanling equivalent to Php 2,000 per head) of the treatment assigned to sows productivity performance based on these results T = 19 hds 0 (Php 38,000.00), T = 31 hds (Php 62,000.00), and T = 26 hds (Php 1 2 48,000.00). The introduction of crop-silage plus HMP technology increases the productivity of the sows and likewise, increases the profitability in terms of peso income afterweaning the piglets ofmarginal upland area pig raisers.