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

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 2 Growth performance of New Zealand White and Chinchilla rabbits fed varied levels of FCPHM from 1st to 4th week

	IBW (g/rabbit)	FBW (g/rabbit)	TWG (g/rabbit)	ADWG (g/rabbit/day)	TFI (g/rabbit)	ADFI (g/rabbit/day)	FCR
Breed
NZW	466.45^b	888.91	422.46^a	15.09^a	1497.12	53.47	3.54^a
CHL	518.27^a	872.75	354.48^b	12.66^b	1573.91	56.21	4.44^b
SEM	34.10	44.01	27.77	0.992	71.73	2.56	0.41
P value	0.049	0.716	0.004	0.004	0.292	0.292	0.005
%FCPHM levels
0.0	488.15	880.87	392.72^a	14.03^a	1399.64^b	49.987^b	3.57^a
12.5	500.74	934.22	433.48^a	15.48^a	1546.00^ab	55.21^ab	3.57^a
25.0	527.37	827.39	300.02^b	10.72^b	1660.90^a	59.32^a	5.54^b
SEM	41.15	53.11	33.51	1.20	86.55	3.09	0.50
p value	0.616	0.139	0.001	0.001	0.018	0.018	0.001
Breed × FCPHM levels (%)
NZW
0.0	472.75	837.93	365.18^b	13.04^b	1224.48^c	43.73^b	3.35
12.5	456.67	1002.54	545.87^a	19.50^a	1596.69^b	57.02^a	2.93
25.0	482.31	826.26	343.95^b	12.28^b	1670.20^a	59.65^a	4.86
CHL
0.0	518.56	923.82	405.26^a	15.01^a	1574.81^b	56.24^a	3.89
12.5	517.00	865.90	348.90^b	11.47^b	1495.32^c	53.40^b	4.29
25.0	519.43	828.51	309.08^c	9.15^c	1651.60^a	58.99^a	5.34
SEM	17.05	22.00	13.88	0.50	35.86	1.28	0.21
p value	0.735	0.148	0.002	0.002	0.042	0.042	0.275

IBW initial body weight, FBW final body weight, TWG total weight gain, ADWG average daily weight gain, TFI total feed intake, ADFI average daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio, FCPHM fermented cocoa pod husk meal, NZW New Zealand White, CHL Chinchilla
^a,b,cMeans on the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)