Effect dietary protein and energy level and vitamin supplementation on rabbit performance, under Egyptian conditions [electronic resource].

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One hundred and eight male Bouscat rabbits, 35 day old, with nearly equal live body weight at the beginning of the experiment were randomly allotted to 12 experimental groups, of 9 rabbits each. The six rabbit groups were fed on the normal protein diet (16.0%), while the other six groups were fed on the high protein diet (18.0%). Within each dietary level, the first three groups were fed on the normal energy diet (2500 keal/kg), while the other three groups were fed on the high energy diet (diet supplemented with 5% oil; 2850 kcal/kg). Within each dietary energy level, the first group was fed on the diet without supplementation, the second group was fed on the diet supplemented with 3000 IU vitamin A/kg diet, while the third group was fed on the diet supplemented with 25 mg vitamin E/kg diet.

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