Open AccessRESPONSE OF BREEDER RABBITS TO VARYING LEVELS OF PELLET IN A MIXED FEEDING REGIME
Author(s) -
B. O. Asuquo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v23i1.2143
Subject(s) - pellet , litter , zoology , weaning , pellets , biology , body weight , agronomy , ecology , endocrinology , paleontology
The response of breeder rabbits to five levels ofl for breeding rabbits rabbit pellets (100, 80, 60, 40 and 20%) in a mixed feeding regime with Ipoinea batatas vines was examined. Thirty sexually mature New Zealand White rabbits, 5 bucks and 25 does, literature on optimuri pellet combination level were used with the aim of determining the most economic and optimum level under the humid environment. Average litter sizes at birth and weaning and litter weaning weight were not significantly (P>0.05) different between diets containing 100 and 80% pellet but these differed significantly (P 0.05) among the diets. From the economic standpoint therefore, a diet with 80% pellet could be considered optimum, based on results on litter sizes, litter weight at weaning and mortality.