แปลบทความวิจัยTo cover to the nutritional requirements and permit a
weight gain of 150 g each day, a basal diet was formulated,
following the NRC (1981) recommendation. The
replacements of coast cross hay (CCH) by the dehydrated
pineapple by-product (DPB-P) was realized, in increase
levels of the diets dry matter basis (0%, 33%, 66% and
100%). The feedstuffs and chemical composition of the
rations are found in Table 1.
The DPB-P, composed by the peel and bagasse of the
fruit, result of the extraction of the juice was exposed to
the sun light in thin layers, for approximately 3 days, and
turned round periodically until it reached the hay point.
After the dehydration, it went to a forage machine (sieve
10 mm) and was conditioned in nylon bags