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1 SUMMARY The study examined the effect of feeding leafy vegetables on nutritional and sensory qualities of rabbit meat. For this, thirty weaned rabbits of 6 weeks of age (535.24-537.83 g) were allotted to six treatments in a completely randomized design with five replicates. The control diet was a concentrate while treatment diets were a mixture of leafy vegetables and concentrate (50:50; w/w). The rabbits were housed, fed in individual cages and the experiment was conducted for 9 weeks with 7 days of adaptation. This study revealed that 50 % Abelmoschus esculentus and 50%Vigna unguiculata leaves combined with 50 % of concentrate diet allowed the highest carcass yield. The meat bone ratio of the rabbits fed with the diets Abelmoschus esculentus and Vigna unguiculata were the highest with (5.56±0.15) and (5.40±0.10) respectively. The rabbits fed Vigna unguiculata with concentrate diet presented the highest protein content (20.92 %). The meat produced by feeding Solanum melongena with concentrate recorded the highest levels of potassium (546.56mg/100 g) and phosphorus (336.99 mg/100 g). The lysine content of rabbit meat obtained with Solanum melongena diet was higher than other groups. Leafy vegetables supplementation had no significant effect (P>0.05) on the appearance, juiciness and tenderness of rabbit meat. This study showed that Solanum melongena with concentrate mixture allowed the best nutritive value of meat as well as its sensory quality.

Improving the nutritive value and sensory quality of rabbit meat by using leafy vegetables as feedstuffs