Effect of Supplementing Hay with Different Forages in Rabbits

ISBN-13: 9786139464456 / Angielski

Philomena Sergon

Opis

Rabbits (Oryctolaguscuniculus) are non-ruminant animals with high growth potential, fecundity, small space requirement and are preferred in rural households for poverty alleviation, improved nutrition and income generation. In Kapseret Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, where this study was undertaken, not much attention has been given to rabbit keeping, despite the mentioned benefits and being of white meat category with potential for niche export markets. The study assessed the effect of supplementing Rhodes grass hay with legumes. The criteria of assessment were feed intake, growth rate and hot carcass percentage. A Complete Randomized Design experiment was used with 9 New Zealand White grower rabbits in 5 treatments of (A): Sweet potato vines - SPV 40% + Hay-H 60%;(B): Mulberry - M40% +H60%;(C): Sesbania-S40% +H 60%) (D): SPV 13.3%+M13.33%+S 13.3% + H 60%) (E):- (H 100%). Rabbit-weighing was done weekly while feed intake were monitored daily and administered after collecting residuals.

O autorze

Sergon, Philomena
Philomena Sergon born in Eldoret, Kenya in 1962. Studies : Animal Health course in Nyahururu Kenya, Animal Health at Egerton University in 1992 to 1995, BSC in Animal Production at Egerton University, MSC in Animal Production, currently working as an Extension Officer and pursuing a PhD in Animal Parasitology.