Effect of Tapioca Levels on Production of Swine

There is little definitive information available regarding tapioca's effect on the swine performance and meat quality.Thus, this study was carried out.Thirty-six cross-bred [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc] growing-finishing swine with their average initial BW of 26.5±2.1 kg was used in this study.The animals were fed with control (no addition of tapioca), treatment 1 (T1 -10% tapioca) and treatment 2 (T2 -20% tapioca) for different periods (tapioca as-fed basis).The experimental period lasted for 98d.Carcass characteristics, physicochemical properties, meat composition and sensory test were not significantly different among treatments except for the carcass weight which was increased (p<0.05) in the tapioca diet groups.Swine fed with tapioca-replaced diet has no Original Research Article