EFFECT OF GRADED LEVELS OF BREWERS DRIED GRAIN ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GROWING RABBITS: 1. GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMY OF PRODUCTION

B. J. Mufwa¹;  Kibon A^2; Mafindi M. ¹ and Yakubu B.³

¹Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, Jalingo

²Department of Animal Science, University of Maiduguri, Borno State

³Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Technology, Yola

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ABSTRACT

The experiment was conducted to investigate the growth performance and economy of production of growing rabbit fed graded levels of brewers dried grains, five diets were formulated in which brewers dried grains (BDG) was included at 0%, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively. Thirty (30) 6-8 weeks old growing rabbits were randomly allotted to the dietary treatment, with three replicate of two rabbit per replicate in completely randomized block design. Results showed that Rabbit on 40% BDG had a significantly (P<0.05) better average daily weigh gain (13.86g/d) and feed conversion ratio. (FCR) The feed cost per kg gain (N/gain) was significantly (P<0.05) lower at 40% BDG. Based on these BDG at 40% gave the best performance and could be recommended as the best inclusion level of growing rabbits.

Keywords: Brewers dried grain, growing rabbit, Growth and Economy