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 3 Growth performance of New Zealand White and Chinchilla rabbits fed varied levels of FCPHM from 5 to 8th week

	IBW (g/rabbit)	FBW (g/rabbit)	TWG (g/rabbit)	ADWG (g/rabbit/day)	TFI (g/rabbit)	ADFI (g/rabbit/day)	FCR
Breed
NZW	888.91	1356.67	467.76	16.71	2263.90^b	80.85^b	4.84
CHL	872.75	1307.62	434.87	15.64	2368.67^a	84.60^a	5.45
SEM	44.01	36.35	23.66	0.85	34.98	1.25	0.442
p value	0.716	0.343	0.216	0.216	0.005	0.005	0.145
% FCPHM levels
0.0	880.87	1346.22^b	465.34^b	16.62^b	2264.42	80.872	4.87^b
12.5	934.22	1478.21^a	543.99^a	19.59^a	2322.96	82.963	4.23^a
25.0	827.39	1172.00^c	344.61^c	12.31^c	2361.48	84.338	6.85^c
SEM	53.11	60.06	27.84	0.99	41.17	1.47	0.52
p value	0.139	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.076	0.076	0.001
Breed × FCPHM levels (%)
NZW
0.0	837.93	1335.28	497.35	17.76	2185.40	78.05	4.39
12.5	1002.54	1551.74	549.20	19.61	2267.74	80.99	4.13
25.0	826.26	1182.99	356.73	12.74	2338.55	83.52	6.56
CHL
0.0	923.82	1357.16	433.33	15.48	2343.43	83.69	5.41
12.5	865.90	1404.68	547.89	19.57	2378.18	84.94	4.34
25.0	828.51	1161.01	332.50	11.88	2384.40	85.16	7.17
SEM	22.00	61.55	28.54	1.02	42.19	1.51	0.57
p value	0.148	0.420	0.582	0.582	0.396	0.396	0.628

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)