Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Formulation of the experimental diets

From: Effect of feeding rabbits on fungal treated corn stalks on carcass characteristics and meat composition

Component	0% (Control)	Diets
		Without T. ressei			With T. ressei
		33%	66%	100%	33%	66%	100%
Barley	14.46	2.00	1.50	1.50	2.00	1.50	1.50
Yellow corn	15.75	31.00	39.35	38.75	31.00	39.35	38.75
Wheat bran	16.50	11.00	0.60	0.60	11.00	4.25	5.25
Soybean meal	17.40	19.65	21.65	21.65	19.65	18.00	17.0
Clovr hay	33.00	22.00	11.00	–	22.00	11.00	–
Corn stalks	–	11.00	22.00	33.00	11.00	22.00	33.00
NaCl	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
Calcium Di-phosphate	2.05	2.40	2.85	3.05	2.40	2.85	3.05
Lime stone	0.10	0.20	0.25	0.60	0.20	0.25	0.60
Premix *	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30
L.Meth.	0.04	0.05	0.10	0.15	0.05	0.10	0.15
Calculated**
Digestible energy, K cal/Kg	2513	2503	2495	2412	2518	2501	2425
Ca	1.08	1.04	1.01	1.03	0.970	0.92	0.96
P	0.80	0.80	0.79	0.80	0.82	0.79	0.83
Na	0.20	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.17
Lysine	0.89	0.85	0.80	0.74	0.85	0.71	0.63
Methionine	0.55	0.57	0.57	0.58	0.56	0.46	0.54

*Each kg contains; 2000 IU Vit. A, 0.33 g Vit. B₁, 1.09 Vit B₂, 150 IU Vit B₃, 8.33 g Vit E, 0.33 g Vit K, 3.33 g pantothemic acid, 30 g nicatonic acid, 2 g Vit B₆, 1.7 mg Vit. B₁₂, 0.039 folic acid, 33 mg biotin. 0.50 g Cu, 200 mg cholin chloride, 5.0 g Mn, 12.5 g Fe, 66.7 mg Mg, 1.33 mg Co, 16.6 mg Se, 11.9 Zn, 16.6 mg Iodine, and 10.0 g Antioxidant
**according to Cheeke (1987) using the following equation: DE = 4.36–0.0491 x NDF%

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