PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION ON RABBIT’S RESPONSE TO DIET CONTAINING POULTRY WASTE BIOSLURRY

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine rabbit’s response to diets containing poultry waste bioslurry. Thirty-six growing rabbits of mixed breeds were allotted to 6 groups (T1-T6) in a completely randomized design with 2 replicates of 3 animals in each treatment. Animals in T1 served as the blank control while T6 served as the positive control. For seven weeks animals in T1 – T5were fed experimental diets that contained 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40% of dried bioslurry, respectively, while those in T6 were fed commercial diet. The result showed that final body weight, total feed intake,average daily gain and feed conversion ratio of rabbits decreased as the inclusion level of dried bioslurry increased. The PCV was not significantly (P < 0.05) affected by the diet but the WBC was significantly higher in rabbits fed the 20 % level of bioslurry. The same group also had the lowest RBC value. The study confirmed the potential suitability of poultry waste bioslurry as feed ingredient for rabbits, possibly up to 20 % level of inclusion.