Growth performance of indigenous pigs reared on kitchen waste.

The study was conducted on 45 weaned indigenous pigs of 2 to 3 month (B.W. 7.55±0.07 kg) divided into 5 equal groups (2 male and 7 female) and maintained on standard grower ration as per NRC (1988). The control ration (T1) was replaced with kitchen waste at 75 per cent level in T2, kitchen waste and rice fermented waste (1:1) combined at 75 per cent in T3, kitchen waste at 100 per cent level in T4, kitchen waste and rice fermented waste (1:1) combined at 100 per cent level in T5 group in a 238 day feeding trial. Pigs fed kitchen waste (T4) as sole feed achieved highest daily weight gain compared to pigs in other groups. The feed intake was almost similar among the five groups but feed conversion efficiency was significantly (p<0.05) better in kitchen waste fed group (T4) as compared to groups T3, T5 and T1. Cost of feed (Rs.) per kg gain in body weight was minimum (25.24) in T5 followed by T4 (28.56), T3 (34.50), T2 (36.61) and maximum (61.95) in T1 group. Reduction of cost against the control diet was also highest in T5 (59.26%) followed by T4 (53.90%), T3 (44.31 %) and T2 (40.90%), respectively. It was concluded that replacement of concentrate mixture with kitchen waste as well as kitchen and rice fermented waste increased the growth performance of pigs and thereby reduced the cost of feeding.