Apparent Digestibilities of Dry Matter, Organic Matter, Crude Protein, Energy and Acid Detergent Fibre of Chopped, Raw Sweet Potato (lpomoea batatas (L.)) by Village Pigs (Sus scrota papuensis) in Papua New Guinea.

Abstract

Mean apparent digestibilities of the components of sweet potato tubers measured with village pigs were 95.3%, 96.1 %, 94.2% and 72.4% for dry matter, organic matter, energy and acid detergent fibre respectively. The digestibility of the crude protein was significantly different (P < 0. 05) measured with two groups of pigs of different ages. These were 57.2% for 15 month old pigs and 42.3% for the 10 month old group.