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Table 6 External and internal offal’s (Giblets) of the experimental groups

From: Incorporation field crop residues in rabbit rations

Item

BH (R1)

MBH (R2)

SBVH (R3)

PVH (R4)

SEM

Slaughter weight (SW), g

2451

2188

2353

2169

91.94

External offal’s (g or % of SW)

 Blood

49

2.00

54

2.47

52

2.21

57

2.63

2.39

0.12

 Fur, legs, ears and tail

459

18.73

406

18.56

438

18.61

402

18.53

19.03

0.34

 Total external offals

508

20.73

460

21.03

490

20.82

459

21.16

19.79

0.36

Edible offals (g or % of SW)

 Head

125

5.10bc

120

5.48ab

117

4.97c

124

5.72a

3.46

0.11

Internal offal’s (giblets), (g or % of SW)

 Liver

84a

3.43a

58b

2.65b

82a

3.48a

62ab

2.86b

4.58

0.11

 Heart

9

0.37

10

0.46

11

0.47

7

0.32

0.73

0.03

 Kidneys

23

0.94ab

22

1.01a

19

0.81b

20

0.92ab

1.36

0.03

 Lungs

16

0.65

12

0.55

14

0.59

15

0.69

0.78

0.03

 Testes

9

0.37b

10

0.46a

10

0.42ab

10

0.46a

0.28

0.01

 Spleen

1

0.04

1

0.05

1

0.04

1

0.05

0.00

0.02

Total internal offals (giblets)

141

5.75

112

5.12

138

5.86

116

5.35

6.27

0.10

  1. a, b, and c: means in the same row having different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
  2. SEM standard error of mean, BH Berseem hay, MBH Mung bean husks, SBVH soybean vein hay, PVH peanut vein hay