Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF FEEDING MULTI-NUTRIENT MINI BLOCKS AND PELLETED DIETS ON THE GROWTH OF RABBITS
Author(s) -
W. O. Biobaku,
E. B. Oguntona
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v24i2.2338
Subject(s) - weanling , zoology , body weight , biology , nutrient , basal (medicine) , feed conversion ratio , endocrinology , ecology , insulin
The effect of substituting pelleted diets with multinutrient block on the growth of weanling rabbits was studied. The pelleted diets and the multinutrient blocks contained crude protein 23.31% and 24.24%, crude fibre 21.65 and 23.00% ether extract 10.44% and 10.97% respectively. The body weight gain (10.58g/day), feed intake (110,20g/day) and feed efficiency ration (0.58) of rabbits fed multinutrient blocks were non-significantly higher by 8.50%, 10.65% and 10.34% respectively, that those rabbits fed with pelleted basal diet.