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Revista Computadorizada de Producción Porcina Volúmen 7 Número 3 (2000)
digestibilidad del N y la energía fue alta tanto en la dieta de levadura torula (81.9 and
90.8% respectivamente) como en la de harina de soya (80.4 and 90.2% respectivamente).
Se sugiere que no hay desventajas en la utilización digestiva de la proteína y la energía si
los cerdos son alimentados con levadura torula en vez de harina de soya en dietas
altamente digestibles hechas con productos de la industria azucarera tales como el sirope
de refinería.
Palabras clave: cerdos, levadura torula, harina de soya, digestibilidad, nitrógeno, energía
Título corto: Digestibilidad de dietas de levadura torula y sirope de refinería en cerdos
INTRODUCTION
Syrup off has been revealed as a valuable energy feed for pigs, either from the point of
view of its feeding value (Pérez et al 1984; Ly 2000) or nutritive characteristics (Ly and
Castillo 1983; Ly 2000) in simple diets formulated with torula yeast as the only protein
source. On the other hand, torula yeast has been studied in several experiments
conducted with pigs fed different types of sugar cane molasses (see for example, Ly et al
1984; Maylin 1985; Maylín et al 1988; Díaz et al 1990). However, very few comparisons if
any, have been conducted between torula yeast and soybean meal as the major or even
only source of protein for pigs.
The objective of the present note is to report several digestibility indices in pigs fed syrup
off as the only energy source, and torula yeast or soybean meal as protein source.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A total of 12 YLxD castrate male pigs of 35 kg live weight were alloted at random into two
treatments to compare digestibility indices of diets containing either soybean meal or torula
yeast as the only source of protein and syrup off (table 1). Syrup off was from a Cuban
factory and contained DM, 67.3%, and in dry basis: ash, 0.7; N, 0.1% respectively; gross
energy, 16.6 kjoule/g. Torula yeast was of Cuban origin too and contained: ash, 9.9; N,
7.7% in dry basis respectively and gross energy, 20.1 kjoule/g.
The animals were individually penned in an open stable without walls, provided with
portable throughs and drinking nipples
Feed was offered at a rate of 0.10 kg DM/kg 0.75 in two aequal rations given at 9:00 and
15:00 hours. The animals were adapted to the diets during two weeks followed by a faecal
collection by grab sampling at 8:00 and 14:00 hours, and thereafter mixed to obtain a
composite sample per pig.
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