Evaluation of peanut cake replacement with soybean curd meal for growth performance and Haematological analysis in the diet of weaner rabbit

A. F. A., Silas and O. Y., Ayo-Ajasa and T., Afolabi and J., Onyibe (2022) Evaluation of peanut cake replacement with soybean curd meal for growth performance and Haematological analysis in the diet of weaner rabbit. Malaysian Journal of Animal Science (Malaysia), 25 (2). pp. 44-52. ISSN 2520-2123

Six weeks-old heterogeneous hybrids (Chinchilla × New Zealand White breeds crosses) weaner rabbits (n= 40) were used for the feeding trials to evaluate the replacement value of peanut cake with soybean curd meal (SCM) in the diets of weaner rabbits. Eight rabbits each were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments with SCM meal replacing peanut cake at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄ and T₅ respectively). Eight rabbits were randomly assigned to each of the five treatments in a completely randomized design which lasted eight weeks. The rabbits in T₄ recorded a significantly higher (P<0.05) weight at 1384.28g compared to the lowest value of 1367.41g in T1 group. The feed conversion ratio showed that treatment T₄ had a significantly better feed conversion ratio value of 6.41 compared to 6.79, 6.57, 6.49 and 6.46 in T₁, T₅, T₃ and T₂ in that order respectively. The apparent nutrient digestibility of dry matter, crude protein and crude fibre in the treatment groups were comparable to those in control in all the groups, however, the ether extract digestibility was significantly highest in T₁ and T₄ (90.42% and 90.31%) while T₅, T₂ and T₃ groups recorded lower digestibility values (87.77%, 86.34% and 86.06% respectively). There were significant differences (P<0.05) among the treatments for serum glucose with T₄ having a significantly highest (P<0.05) value of 6.35mmol/L while 4.75mmol/L was recorded in T₂. The creatinine and red blood cell values showed that T₄ had significantly higher values compared to other treatments. The white blood cells ranged between 4.89 in T₃ and 6.89 in T₅. It was concluded that SCM is well accepted by the animal, it is readily digested and T₄ treatment represents the best replacement level of peanut cake in the diet.

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Abstract

Six weeks-old heterogeneous hybrids (Chinchilla × New Zealand White breeds crosses) weaner rabbits (n= 40) were used for the feeding trials to evaluate the replacement value of peanut cake with soybean curd meal (SCM) in the diets of weaner rabbits. Eight rabbits each were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments with SCM meal replacing peanut cake at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄ and T₅ respectively). Eight rabbits were randomly assigned to each of the five treatments in a completely randomized design which lasted eight weeks. The rabbits in T₄ recorded a significantly higher (P<0.05) weight at 1384.28g compared to the lowest value of 1367.41g in T1 group. The feed conversion ratio showed that treatment T₄ had a significantly better feed conversion ratio value of 6.41 compared to 6.79, 6.57, 6.49 and 6.46 in T₁, T₅, T₃ and T₂ in that order respectively. The apparent nutrient digestibility of dry matter, crude protein and crude fibre in the treatment groups were comparable to those in control in all the groups, however, the ether extract digestibility was significantly highest in T₁ and T₄ (90.42% and 90.31%) while T₅, T₂ and T₃ groups recorded lower digestibility values (87.77%, 86.34% and 86.06% respectively). There were significant differences (P<0.05) among the treatments for serum glucose with T₄ having a significantly highest (P<0.05) value of 6.35mmol/L while 4.75mmol/L was recorded in T₂. The creatinine and red blood cell values showed that T₄ had significantly higher values compared to other treatments. The white blood cells ranged between 4.89 in T₃ and 6.89 in T₅. It was concluded that SCM is well accepted by the animal, it is readily digested and T₄ treatment represents the best replacement level of peanut cake in the diet.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	rabbits
AGROVOC Term:	haematology
AGROVOC Term:	transforming growth factor
AGROVOC Term:	tofu
AGROVOC Term:	groundnut meal
AGROVOC Term:	data collection
AGROVOC Term:	in vitro digestibility
AGROVOC Term:	nutrient improvement
Geographical Term:	Nigeria
Depositing User:	Ms. Azariah Hashim
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2025 01:44
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2025 02:25
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1391

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