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Table 2 Growth performance characteristics of weaner rabbits fed rumen content with or without enzyme supplementation in replacing groundnut cake

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Effects of replacing groundnut cake with rumen content supplemented with or without enzyme in the diet of weaner rabbits

 

Initial weight (g)

Final weight (g)

Daily feed intake (g)

Rate of gain (g/day)

Feed to gain

ratio

     

Levels of Rumen content (%)

0

725.00a

1152.00a

49.79c

7.52a

6.72a

25

675.00b

1091.00b

50.10b

7.44b

6.78b

50

650.00c

1062.00c

50.45a

7.36c

6.90c

SEM

33.0945

39.5609

0.4801

0.1163

0.0274

Significance

*

*

*

*

*

Supplements

     

No Supplement

675.00b

1108.33a

50.19b

7.44b

6.80a

Added (NSA)

     

Enzyme

691.00a

1096.67b

50.26a

7.50a

6.72b

(Maxigrain)

     

SEM

9.1524

6.9342

0.0394

0.0394

0.0394

Significance

*

*

*

*

*

Rumen content Supplement

*

NS

*

*

*

(interaction)

     
  1. Treatment means with different superscripts along the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05)
  2. NS- No significantly different (P > 0.05)
  3. SEM- Standard Error of mean
  4. Means with different superscripts (a,b,c) along the same column are significantly different (P < 0.05)