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Table 1 Chemical composition of the experimental diets (%)

From: Effect of biologically upgraded cocoa pod husk meal on growth, serum and antioxidant properties of two rabbit breeds

Ingredients

Diet I

Diet II

Diet III

0% CPH

12.5% CPH

25% CPH

Maize

18.40

21.10

19.40

GNC

8.70

7.80

4.10

PKC

25.50

10.80

7.40

SBM

4.50

4.10

3.10

Wheat offal

6.90

3.40

0.40

GNH

34.20

38.50

38.50

FCPH

0.00

12.50

25.00

Vegetable oil

0.80

0.80

1.10

Lysine

0.10

0.10

0.10

Methionine

0.10

0.10

0.10

Limestone

0.40

0.40

0.40

Premix

0.20

0.20

0.20

Salt

0.20

0.20

0.20

Total

100.00

100.00

100.00

Calculated composition

   

Dry matter, DM (%)

90.15

89.87

89.29

Metabolisable energy, ME (Kcal/kg)

2505.89

2506.44

2501.95

Crude protein, CP (%)

15.92

15.95

15.68

Crude fibre, CF (%)

15.64

15.05

15.04

Calcium, Ca (%)

0.94

0.93

0.82

Av. Phosphorus, P (%)

0.69

0.64

0.59

Lysine (%)

0.87

0.88

0.79

Methionine (%)

0.60

0.59

0.59

Analysed composition

   

Dry matter, DM (%)

88.30

88.90

87.86

Crude protein, CP (%)

16.38

16.47

16.01

Crude fibre, CF (%)

15.62

15.07

14.95

Ash (%)

4.51

7.33

7.18

Ether extract (%)

6.32

5.14

5.06

Nitrogen-free extracts (%)

45.47

44.89

44.66

  1. GNC groundnut cake, PKC palm kernel cake, SBM soybean meal, GNH groundnut haulms, FCPH fermented cocoa pod husk