Feeding sweet potatoes to pigs

Abstract

Since the establishment of the Pig Production Section in mid-1969, a considerable amount of research into the value of sweet potatoes as a pig food has been undertaken at the Tropical Pig Breeding and Research Centre, Goroka. This work has been conducted by Dr G. L. Malynicz, Senior Veterinary Officer—Pig Production, with the assistance of Mr H. Nad, Assistant Livestock Officer. In all, seven research projects involving sweet potatoes have been completed which provided much interesting and valuable information suitable for village pig production.The initial experiments were aimed at finding suitable protein additives because sweet potato is very low in protein. Part 1 of this article describes work done with pigs under intensive management, while Part II outlines experiments on pigs grazing on
sweet potato.
This article summarizes the work which has been carried out at Goroka over the past three years. A more detailed account of the work will appear in the P.N.G. Agricultural journal during 1973.