Abstract

CASTANO, Gastón  and  CARDONA, Jaime. FATTENING OF RABBIT FEEDED WITH Tithonia diversifolia, Trichanthera gigantea AND Arachis pintoi. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.1, pp.147-154. ISSN 0123-4226.

There are forage resources in the tropic with great potential in diets for rabbits, which that can be produced in large quantities. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect on the performance of using in the diet Tithonia diversifolia, Trichanthera gigantea and Arachis pintoi as fresh fodder in the diet of fattening rabbits. Sixteen rabbits of the White New Zealand breed, eight females and eight males, with 30 days of age and live weight of 976±63g were used, in a randomized block design, using the sex of the animal as the blocking factor. The experiment lasted 35 days. Treatments consisted of four diets fed to rabbits during the fattening phase, differentiated according to the forage type used: a control where rabbits were only supplied with concentrate ad libitum and three treatments in which additionally 180g/day of either T. gigantea, T. diversifolia or A. pintoi were offered. The animals were slaughtered at 65 days of age. Forage supply did not affect neither the weight nor the consumption of concentrate. The total consumption of feed, concentrate+forage, was higher in rabbits receiving A. pintoi compared with those who received T. gigantea, but not compared to T. diversifolia.

Keywords : White New Zealand breed rabbits; Mexican sunflower; yatago; pinto peanut; tropical forages.

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