A note on the protein content in non-conventional diets for pigs

From data recorded in Cuba on the performance of growing and fattening pigs fed non-conventional diets, analyses on the feasibility of reducing their protein content are presented. Energy and protein conversions for the growi ng period were slightly higher than those obtained when the NRC (1988) reco mmendations are applied, but differences were higher for the fattening stag e, reaching minimum values of 7 and maximum values of 25%. The factors acco unting for these differences are analysed and the regression supporting the hypothesis is presented.