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Effect of housing and feeding systems on meat production and quality traits of broiler rabbits

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Title Effect of housing and feeding systems on meat production and quality traits of broiler rabbits
 
Creator Khanna, Sujoy
 
Contributor Gulati, Harish K.
 
Subject New Zealand White rabbits, Cage, Pen, Deep litter, Amla, Spirulina, FCR, Growth performance etc
 
Description One hundred and eight New Zealand White rabbits of either sex at 6 weeks of age
were randomly allocated to nine treatments in three different housing systems [three tier
cage (T1, T2 & T3) system, with each tier divided into two compartments (0.70m X 0.30 m,
0.90 m high, 6 rabbits/cage, 28.57 rabbits/ m2, n=36); pen (T4, T5 & T6) system (1.50 X 1.33
m, 1.00 m high, 6 rabbits/pen, 3.01 rabbits/ m2, n=36) and deep litter (T7, T8 & T9) system
(1.50 X 1.33 m, 1.00 m high, 6 rabbits/pen, 3.01 rabbits/ m2, n=36) in a closed room where
the temperature was maintained 20±5º C and humidity 60±15% during the trial. Rabbits in
each housing system received three different diets [Standard control diet (T1, T4 & T7), Diet
supplemented with 2% Amla (T2, T5 & T8) and Diet supplemented with 5% Spirulina (T3, T6
& T9)] in addition to ad lib. berseem fodder. The concentrate diets formulated were isonitrogenous
and iso-caloric.
Rabbits raised in cage system had significantly higher abdominal girth as compared
to pen and deep litter system at 90 days of age. (29.20 vs 27.75, 27.28 cm, P< 0.05). The
total weight gain was found statistically (P
 
Date 2016-08-17T13:43:09Z
2016-08-17T13:43:09Z
2016
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/72751
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher LUVAS