Nutrient intake and performance of male New Zealand White rabbits fed different level of Leucaena leaf meal in pelleted complete diets

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 387; no. 1; pp. 12105 - 12109
• Main Authors: Al-Amin, N, Astuti, A, Widi, T S M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Conversion ratio; Diet; Dry matter; Feed conversion; Food intake; Leaves; Leucaena; Males; Nutrients; Pellets; Physical growth; Rabbits; Variance analysis; New Zealand
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/387/1/012105

This study aimed to determine nutrient intake and performance of male New Zealand White rabbits fed complete feed pellets containing different level of Leucaena leaf meal (LLM). A total of 20 rabbits was randomly divided into four groups and fed diets containing 0% (P0), 5% (P1), 10% (P2), and 15% LLM (P3), for a duration of 10 weeks. The crude proteins (CP) of the diets were 17.7-18.1% and energy of the diets were 2,277.1-2,541.7 kcal/kg. Data were collected on a weekly basis and analyzed by analysis of variance. The results showed that nutrient intake, average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of male New Zealand White rabbits fed pellet containing 10% LLM was higher (P<0.05) than those fed the other diets. The dry matter (DM), CP, extract ether (EE), and crude fiber (CF) intakes of P2 were highest, they were 80.04±3.96, 16.43±0.81, 6.64±0.33, 15.84±0.78 (g DM/head/day), respectively. The ADG was 20.20±2.29 g/head/day and FCR was 4.60±0.55. It is concluded that 10% LLM in complete feed pellets improved the growth performance and nutrient intakes of male New Zealand White rabbits.