Variation in relative palatability of different forages fed to rabbits

Osakwe, Isaac Ikechukwu; Ekwe, Okechukwu Okorie

doi:10.4314/ari.v4i1.40801

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“…It could be argued to aversion, the decrease in preference for food just eaten as a result of sensory input (taste, odor, texture, i.e. food's flavour) and post-ingestive effects unique to each food (Provenza, 1995) but not necessary to novel foods and macronutrient contents of their basal diet as suggested by some authors (Cheeke, 1986;Osakwe and Ekwe, 2007). Indeed, Manihot esculenta leaves contained 21% crude protein (CP) and Abelmoschus esculentus leaves (9.19% CP) had been refused and accepted respectively by the rabbit in this study.…”

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Growth Parameters, Protein Digestibility And Health Status Of Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculus Fed With Palatable Leafy Vegetables

Franck

Athanase

Flavienne

et al. 2016

ESJ

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This study focused on using vegetable leaves for rabbit feeding. Rabbit fed with leaves of Abelmoschus esculentus, Corchorus olitorius, Ipomea batatas, Vigna unguiculata, Solanum melongena showed positive growth and high feed intake, while rabbits fed with leaves of Amaranthus hybridus, Hibiscus sabdariffa, Manihot esculenta, Celosia argentea, Myrianthus arboreus, Basella alba, Talinum triangulare, Colocasia esculenta showed low feed intake and weight loss. The digestibility of treatments supplemented with concentrate was better than that of the diet without fodder. Feed intake (157.62 g / day) and average weight (2081.87g) of rabbits fed with leaves of Ipomea batatas, were the highest while average daily gain (24.38 -27.29 g/day) remained similar. The feed conversion ratio of the control treatment (3.51) was better than those obtained for treatments supplemented with concentrate (5.31 -5.71). Urea and creatinine values were similar in all groups. Blood glucose (0.94 ± 0.04 g/L) and total protein (68.40 ± 0.14 g/L) of rabbit fed with leaves of Solanum melongena were the highest. Total cholesterol of rabbit fed with leaves of Ipomea batatas and control diet were the highest. The blood triglycerides of rabbit fed with control diet was the highest and differed to other treatments (p < 0.05).

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Growth Parameters, Protein Digestibility And Health Status Of Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculus Fed With Palatable Leafy Vegetables

Franck

Athanase

Flavienne

et al. 2016

ESJ

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“…The relative preference of different forages to rabbits and their utilisation have been studied (Osakwe and Ekwe 2007;Medugu et al 2012;Safwat et al 2014) with reports (Aderinola et al 2009;Abubakar et al 2011) of varying animal responses at different levels of supplementation depending on forage type. Few of these forages however, have been widely adopted for rabbit feeding.…”

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Performance of weaner rabbits fed a concentrate diet supplemented with pawpaw leaves

Aderinboye

Oladeji

Abaire

et al. 2014

Trop Anim Health Prod

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This experiment investigated the performance of weaner rabbits fed concentrate diets supplemented with pawpaw leaves (PPL). Twenty-four male weaner rabbits aged 5 weeks, weighing between 350 and 450 g were used. Concentrate diet was supplemented with PPL in ratios 100:0, 70:30, 50:50 and 30:70. Rabbits were randomly allotted to the four diets in a completely randomised design for 8 weeks, with six rabbits per diet. Results showed that rabbits supplemented with 30 and 50 % PPL had higher (P < 0.05) dry matter intake to sole concentrate. At 70 % PPL, dry matter intake did not vary with other treatments. Weight gain was higher (P < 0.05) in rabbits fed 30 and 50 % PPL than sole concentrate. Rabbits fed 70 % PPL had lower (P < 0.05) weight gain to animals fed 30 % PPL but gained similarly (P > 0.05) to those fed on 50 % PPL and sole concentrate. Feed conversion ratio improved (P < 0.05) in animals fed 30, 50 and 70 % PPL. Rabbits fed 30 % PPL had the highest (P < 0.05) protein efficiency ratio. Rabbits had higher dry matter digestibility (P < 0.05) with PPL supplementation than sole concentrate while crude protein and fibre digestibility was higher with 30 and 50 % PPL. Haematological and serum parameters in rabbits were unaltered with feeding PPL. It is concluded that weaner rabbits can utilise PPL as supplement to concentrate diet at 30 to 70 % dry matter with positive responses in performance and nutrient digestibility without deleterious effect on the physiological status of the rabbits.

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“…To achieve this the forages offered should be palatable enough to entice the rabbits to optimize intake. Despite the major role played by forages in the nutrition of rabbits in the tropics, particularly on small and medium-scale rabbit farms, there is paucity of information concerning the preference by rabbits of tropical forages [11,12,14,15]. There is a need therefore to evaluate the preference of the commonly used forage species in the Savannah ecological zone of Ghana as a guide to their suitability as sole feed or supplement to concentrate diets for feeding rabbits in the zone.…”

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“…The techniques that have been adopted in the evaluation of preferences of tropical forages include voluntary intake of forages when offered separately and together [8,12] and the preferences assessed as relative intake and ranking (I), dry matter (DM) intake, relative palatability index and ranking [12] and co-efficient of preference [9]. In the present study, three different methods, first bite of a forage and intake duration, voluntary intake of forages when offered separately and together, were used to evaluate rabbit preference of four commonly used forages, Brassica oleracea, Stylosanthes guianensis, Musa paradisiaca and Megathyrsus maximus in the Coastal Savannah ecological zone of Ghana.…”

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Intake and Palatability of Forages Fed to Rabbits in the Coastal Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana

Doris Yaa,

Felix Owusu,

Eric Cofie

et al. 2023

Act Sci VetSci

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Brassica oleracea outer leaves, Stylosanthes guianensis, Megathyrsus maximus and Musa paradisiaca leaves were offered to mixedstrain rabbits in three trials. Thirty two weaner kits were used in each trial. In the first trial, the time of first bite and intake duration of the four forages offered together for 15 minutes were recorded. Weaners were randomly allocated to four groups, and kits in each group were offered one of the forage species separately with concentrate for three and seven days adaptation and testing periods respectively. Finally kits were offered the forages together. Brassica oleracea was bitten first (0.20 min) and had the highest intake duration (2.07 min). Brassica oleracea had the highest daily and relative intakes and was the most consumed when the forages were offered separately and together. Intake of the forages was followed by Stylosanthes guianensis, while Musa paradisiaca and Megathyrsus maximus were the least preferred forages in terms of quantities consumed. The study suggests that the first method, time of the first bite and intake duration of the forages, had a comparative advantage over the other methods in determining the preference of forages by rabbits in view of the shorter period required for the trial.

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Variation in relative palatability of different forages fed to rabbits

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Growth Parameters, Protein Digestibility And Health Status Of Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculus Fed With Palatable Leafy Vegetables

Growth Parameters, Protein Digestibility And Health Status Of Rabbit Oryctolagus Cuniculus Fed With Palatable Leafy Vegetables

Performance of weaner rabbits fed a concentrate diet supplemented with pawpaw leaves

Intake and Palatability of Forages Fed to Rabbits in the Coastal Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana

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