Effect of Varying NDF, ADF and Digestible Energy Levels on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Caecal Fermentation, Caecal and Faecal Microflora of Growing Rabbits
growing rabbits, dietary fibre, caecal fermentation, total bacterial count, lactobacillus count
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A total of 135 weaner rabbits were used in a 70 days feeding trial to investigate the effect of Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF), Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) and digestible energy (DE) levels on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, caecal fermentation, caecal and faecal microflora. The experiment was laid out in a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement of 3 levels of fibre components (low, optimum and high) and 3 levels of DE (low, optimum and high). There were 9 dietary treatments with 15 rabbits allotted to each diet. Final liveweight (P
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