Assessment of the nutritive value of sugar beet tops hay as a prospective feedstuff for growing NZW rabbits [electronic resource].

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The current study aimed to shed more light on the beneficial effects of using sugar beet tops as a feedstuff for growing NZW rabbits on growth perfonnance, digestion, caecotrophy, carcass traits and economic efficiency. Sixty unsexed 5-weeks-old New Zealand White rabbit (NZW) were divided into three equal experimental groups, 20 rabbits each. The basal diet was parctially replaced by sugar beet tops (SBT) at the level of 16, and 32% to fonnulate the experimental diets. The results rev~aled that the substitution of SBT in the rabbit diets significantly increased the daily weight gain and growth rate of rabbits fed diet contained 32% SBT, while perfonnance index was increased in rabbits fed diet with 16% SBT.

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