TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of Three Dietary Levels of Wild Sunflower (<I>Tithonia diversifolia,</I> Hemsi A. Gray) Forage Meal on Growth and Carcass Measurement of Male Rabbits
AU - , V.A.Togun AU - , G.O. Farinu AU - , O.O. Ojebiyi AU - , J.A. Akinlade AU - , O.B.Popoola 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 5
IS  - 10
SP  - 791
EP  - 794
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2006.791.794
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2006.791.794
KW  - WSFM
KW  -weaner rabbits
KW  -feed intake
KW  -daily weight gain
KW  -organ weights
AB  - Twenty-four cross bred male weaner rabbits of between 5-8 weeks, with mean weight of 804.67 g, were used in a feeding trial involving three levels 0,15 and 20% inclusion of Wild Sunflower Forage Meal (WSFM) in a complete randomized design study that lasted for 8 weeks. The rabbits were randomly divided into three dietary groups of 8 rabbits each. Each rabbit served as a replicate. The parameters measured were, feed intake, daily weight gain, feed: gain ratio, organ weights, carcass yield and tissue development. Rabbits with 20% WSFM   inclusion   in  their  diet  recorded  significant  (p&lt;0.05)  lower values in daily feed intake and weight gain than both the control and 15% inclusion group. Values recorded for all the groups however did not significantly (p&gt;0.05) differ in organ weights, organ yield and tissue development. It was concluded that WSFM can  be included in the weaner rabbit diet up to 15% level without any deleterious effect on growth performance.
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