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Twenty-five mixed bred weaner rabbits (average initial weight 576 to 602 g) were used to investigate the nutrient potential and digestibility of Centrosema pubescens and Calapogonium mucunoides. The forages were cut, air dried and milled. Five experimental diets were formulated, diet T1 contained no forage; diets T2 and T3 contained Centrosema pubescens at 10% and 20% inclusion level respectively; Calapogonium mucunoides was incorporated into diet T4 and T5 at 10% and 20% inclusion level respectively, mainly in substitution to maize, palm kernel and ground nut cakes. The animals were randomly distributed among diets. Average daily feed intake and average daily weight gain were monitored. The experiment lasted for ten weeks. Data obtained were subjected to one-way analysis of variance. The highest final weight (1321 g) was observed in T1 though similar to T2 (1181 g) (10% Centrosema pubescens), T3 (1247 g) (20% C. pubescens ) and T4 (1193 g) (10% Calapogonium mucunoides), and the lowest final weight (1017 g) was observed in T5 (20% C. muconoides). Average daily weight gain also followed the same trend : 11.7, 9.6, 10.4, 9.6 and 8.4 g/d in T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively, the difference between the control or T3 treatment (20% C. pubescens) in one hand and T5 treatment (20% C. mucunoides) in the other hand being significant (P T3 and T5 (P<0.05). The best feed efficiency were observed for T3 and T1 (0.19 and 0.18 g gain/g feed intake) and the worst for T5 (0.14 g/g) (P<0.05). In conclusion, the incorporation of Centrosema pubescens at 20% inclusion level gives results similar to the control and better than the incorporation of Calapogonium mucunoides.

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Performance Evaluation of Growing Rabbit Fed Diets Containing Varying Inclusion Levels of Centrosema pubescence or Calapogonium mucunoides in the Derived Savannah Zone of Nigeria