Incorporation field crop residues in rabbit rations

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 5 Dressing percentages and carcass cuts of the experimental groups

Item	BH (R₁)	MBH (R₂)	SBVH (R₃)	PVH (R₄)	SEM
Slaughter weight (SW), g	2451	2188	2353	2169	91.94
Digestive tract (DT)
Full weight, g	420	331	376	326	18.65
Empty weight, g	166	162	151	181	6.44
Content weight, g	254^a	169^ab	225^ab	145^b	18.99
Empty body weight (EBW), g	2197	2019	2128	2024	80.08
Head weight, g	125	120	117	124	3.46
Edible offal’s (giblets) weight, g	141	112	138	116	6.27
Carcass weight (CW₁)	1256	1165	1231	1145	54.61
Carcass weight (CW₂)	1381	1285	1348	1269	57.80
Carcass weight (CW₃)	1522	1397	1486	1385	63.38
Dressing percentages (DP)%
DP¹	51.24	53.24	52.32	52.79	0.65
DP²	56.34	58.73	57.29	58.51	0.62
DP³	62.10	63.85	63.15	63.85	0.59
DP⁴	57.17	57.70	57.84	56.57	0.59
DP⁵	62.86	63.64	63.35	62.70	0.58
DP⁶	69.28	69.19	69.83	68.43	0.63
Carcass cuts (g or % of CW₁)
Fore limbs	410	448	392	376	20.99
Fore limbs	32.64^b	38.45^a	31.84^b	32.84^b	0.99
Loin	374	303	354	309	19.07
Loin	29.78	26.01	28.76	26.99	0.67
Hind limbs	472	414	485	460	18.01
Hind limbs	37.58	35.54	39.40	40.17	0.82

a and b: means in the same row having different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
SEM standard error of mean, BH Berseem hay, MBH Mung bean husks, SBVH soybean vein hay, PVH peanut vein hay
EBW: Empty body weight = Slaughter weight – digestive tract content
CW₁: Carcass weight
CW₂: Carcass weight + head
CW₃: Carcass weight + head + edible offals included (liver, heart, kidneys, lungs, testes, and spleen)
DP₁: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₁ / SW × 100)
DP₂: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₂ / SW × 100)
DP₃: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₃ + SW × 100)
DP₄: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₁ / EBW × 100)
DP₅: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₂ / EBW × 100)
DP₆: Dressing percentages calculated as (CW₃ + EBW × 100)