Comparative Evaluation of Tridaxprocumbens, Khayasenegalensis and Senna Siamea as Supplements to Concentrate Diet on Growth Performance of Rabbits  

Author(s): Yusuf AM

This study was carried out to evaluate the feeding potentials of Tridaxprocumbens, Khayasenegalensis and Senna siameafoliages as supplements to concentrate diet for grower rabbits over 12 weeks period. A total of 24 crossbred grower rabbits with average initial weight of 590±10 g were used for feeding trial in a completely randomized design experiment. The animals were divided into four groups of six animals per treatment and each treatment had triplicates of two animals per replicate. Treatment T1 was fed with concentrate only. Treatment T2 was fed with concentrate and T. procumbens. Treatment T3 was fed with concentrate and K. senegalensis while treatment T4 was fed with concentrate and S. siameafoliage. The results had shown that rabbits on concentrate diet supplemented with forages performed better (P<0.05) than those fed with concentrate only. Furthermore, animals on diet T2 had higher (P<0.05) feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio than T1, T3 and T4 respectively.