期刊名称：Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities
印刷版ISSN：0128-7702
电子版ISSN：2231-8534
出版年度：2003
卷号：26
期号：2
出版社：Universiti Putra Malaysia
摘要：The effects of groundnut cake and local fish meal on the growth and protein utilisation of rabbits were studied. The eight weeks feeding trial involving twenty-four, six-week-old male and female exotic white rabbits weighing 550-610 g in a completely randomised design were fed three diets: a control diet which had the combination of groundnut cake and local fish meal, and experimental diets that had either groundnut cake or local fish meal as the protein source. The groundnut cake (GNC) and the local fish meal (LFM) were high in protein (48.13% and 52.15% respectively), the local fish meal had a low fibre level (0.83%) while the groundnut cake was low in ash (5.22%) but high in fiber (5.52%). Both protein sources supplied appreciable amounts of protein and minerals. The control diets gave significantly (P<0.01) better weight gains than the groundnut cake and local fish meal diets respectively. Protein efficiency ratio was also significantly (P<0.01) better with control diets, when compared with the GNC and LFM diets. No significant differences were obtained in the level of feed: Gain from rabbits fed the trial diets. There was no incidence of enterities or mortality among the treatment groups.
关键词：Protein sources; groundnut cake; local fish meal; protein utilization
