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Digestibility of feeds in rabbit (0ryctolagus
cuniculus linnaeus, 1758) in Africa: A review
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G.S.T.
Atchadé1*, M.F. Houndonougbo2,
S.E. Attakpa3, C.A.A.M. Chrysostome2 and G. A.
Mensah1 |
1Laboratoire de Recherches
Zootechnique Vétérinaire et Halieutique, Institut National des
Recherches Agricoles du Bénin (INRAB), 2
Laboratoire de Recherche Avicole et de Zoo-Economie, Département de
Production Animale, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de l’Université
d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin.
3Laboratoire de Physiopathologie
Moléculaire et Toxicologie, Département de physiologie animale, Faculté
des Sciences et Techniques de l’Université d’Abomey-calavi, Bénin
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Abstract |
Feed digestibility indicates how much the body uses
feed and its nutrients. This study aims to make a literature review on
the digestibility of balanced feed given to farmed rabbits in Africa.
Data used for this literature review were collected through many
scientific papers published from 2008 to 2018 and uploaded to Google
Scholar, Pubmed, Agora search engines and in national university
libraries. Numerous scientific studies in this field indicate that more
than thirty feedstuffs are commonly used to formulate balanced feed
delivered to rabbits in Africa. Feed digestibility is generally assessed
in vivo by the direct method
in farmed rabbits. The data compiled shows that the digestibility of
feed by rabbits varies enormously depending on the feedstuffs in
balanced feed and also on their incorporation rate. The data recorded by
the various authors’ show that balanced feeds with an Apparent
Digestibility greater than 50%.
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Keywords:
Balanced feed, In vivo digestibility, Farmed rabbit,
Africa |
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To cite this article:
Atchadé
GST, MF Houndonougbo,
SE Attakpa, CAAM Chrysostome and GA Mensah, 2019.
Digestibility of feeds in rabbit (0ryctolagus
cuniculus linnaeus, 1758) in Africa: A review.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 9(1): 1-7. |
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