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

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Table 4 Effects of fungal treatments and replacing levels of corn stalks on chemical composition of rabbit meat

Component, %	Treatments		SEM	Levels of corn stalks				SEM
Component, %	Without T. reesei	With T. reesei	SEM	0%	33%	66%	100%	SEM
Dry matter (DM)	39.31	39.41	0.99	35.92	40.08	40.90	40.54	0.99
Crude protein (CP)	61.02	62.02	0.70	61.10	62.20	62.25	60.52	0.70
Ether extract (EE)	36.81	35.34	0.67	36.24	35.58	35.60	36.88	0.67
Ash	2.17^b	2.64^a	0.09	2.66^a	2.22^b	2.15^b	2.60^a	0.09

a and b: Means in the same row have different superscripts are differ significantly at P < 0.05
SEM: Standard error of the mean