Using by-products for feeding growing rabbits under Egyptian conditions [electronic resource].

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Eighty eight male New Zealand White rabbits, 28 day old, with nearly equal live body weigbt at the beginning of the experiment were randomly allotted to eleven treatment poups, of 8 rabbits each. The first rabbit group was fed on a control (commercial) diet (Diet 1), while the second group was fed on the same diet substituted of feedstuff ingredients with 20% rice bran (rice polish; Diet 2), the -third group was fed on the control diet substituted with 10% rice polish (Diet 3), the fourth group (Diet 4) was fed On the control diet substituted with 20% rice hulls, the fifth group (Diet 5) was fed on the control diet substituted with 10% rice hulls, the sixth group (Diet 6) was fed on the control diet substituted with 23% brewer's grain, the seventh group,(Diet7) was fed on the control diet substituted with 13% brewer,s grain, the eighth group (Diet 8) was fed on the control diet substituted with 15% black cumin (Nigells sativa) meal, the ninth group (Diet 9) was fed on the control diet substituted with 10% black cumin meal, the tenth group (Diet 10) was fed on the control diet substituted with 25% mushroom by-product and the eleventh group (Diet 11) was fed on the control diet substituted with 15% mushroom by-product.

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