Growth performance and carcass characteristics of rabbits fed concentrate diets containing graded levels of Brassica oleracea outer leaves and Musa paradisiaca leaves
| Autor: | Doris Yaa Osei, Samuel Obeng Apori, Julius Kofi Hagan, David Amedorme, Raphael Ayizanga |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | World Rabbit Science, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 21-29 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1257-5011 1989-8886 |
| DOI: | 10.4995/wrs.2024.19616 |
| Popis: | Ninety-six (96) 8-wk-old “mixed breed” of New Zealand white, California white and chinchilla rabbits were used to determine the growth performance, carcass and organ percentages of rabbits fed concentrate diets containing graded levels of Brassica oleracea outer leaves and Musa paradisiaca leaves. The rabbits were assigned to two groups of 48. Those in group 1 were allotted to four dietary treatments with concentrate diets containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% inclusion levels of B. oleracea outer leaves for one week and 12-wk adaptation and testing periods, respectively, for growth performance evaluation. Similar treatment and design were adopted for group 2 rabbits using graded levels of M. paradisiaca leaves. Six rabbits were randomly selected from each treatment group for slaughter at the end of the testing period for carcass and internal organ characteristics evaluation. There were no dietary effects on the parameters of rabbits fed graded levels of B. oleracea outer leaves except for M. paradisiaca, where the control diet had the lowest feed intake and the least (P |
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