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Performance Response of Growing Rabbits Fed Sun-dried Cashew Pulp-based Diets

SO Aribido, U Okpanachi, BG Alfa

Abstract


Performance responses of twelve growing rabbits aged 9 weeks were evaluated in a feeding trial on 4 diets incorporated with graded levels of sun dried cashew pulp (SCP). Five growing rabbits with average initial weights of 113±2.25g were allotted to four dietary treatments containing 0, 15, 25 and 35% sundried cashew pulp (SCP) in a Complete Randomized Design. Average daily weight gain and feed intake, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio were measured for a period of eight weeks. Average daily feed intake (P

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International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development.   ISSN: 1595 – 9716