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Table 7 Economic efficiency of the experimental groups

From: Nutritional impact of partial or complete replacement of clover hay by untreated or biologically treated rice straw and corn stalks on: 1. growth performance and economic evaluation of growing New Zealand (NZW) White rabbits

Ingredients

Clover hay (CH) control

Rice straw (RS)

Corn stalks (CS)

Without Pleurotus ostreatus

With Pleurotus ostreatus

Without Trichoderma reesei

With Trichoderma reesei

0%

33%

66%

100%

33%

66%

100%

33%

66%

100%

33%

66%

100%

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

R11

R12

R13

Total feed intake /rabbit (kg)

8.086

7.492

8.121

8.159

7.847

7.800

7.878

8.465

8.332

8.329

8.631

8.128

8.484

Price/kg feed(LE)

2.360

2.325

2.302

2.216

2.326

2.322

2.246

2.329

2.323

2.195

2.339

2.284

2.136

Feed cost/rabbit (LE)

19.08

17.42

18.69

18.08

18.25

18.16

17.69

19.715

19.355

18.282

20.188

18.564

18.122

Total cost (LE)A

30.58

28.91

30.18

29.59

29.74

29.67

29.20

31.215

30.855

29.782

31.688

30.064

29.622

Marketing weight (kg)

2.086

2.289

2.151

1.949

2.446

2.336

2.087

2.207

2.055

1.900

2.515

2.344

2.080

Cost/kg body weight ( LE)

14.66

12.63

14.03

15.18

12.16

12.70

13.99

14.144

15.014

15.674

12.600

12.826

12.241

Total revenue (LE)B

41.72

45.78

43.02

38.98

48.92

46.70

41.74

44.14

41.10

38.00

50.30

46.88

41.60

Net revenue (LE)1

11.14

16.87

12.84

9.39

19.17

17.04

12.54

12.925

10.45

8.18

18.612

16.612

11.978

Economic efficiency2

0.36

0.58

0.43

0.32

0.64

0.57

0.43

0.414

0.332

0.276

0.587

0.559

0.404

Relative economic efficiency

100

161.00

117.00

88.00

179.00

159.00

119.00

113.70

90.00

75.80

161.00

153.60

111.00

  1. A: including fixed cost (11.50 LE/rabbit). B: assuming that the selling price is (20 LE). 1: net revenue = (B−A). 2: economic efficiency = (B−A/A)
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