Additive effects of Bridelia ferruginea leaf meal as a partial replacement for soybean meal on nutrients digestibility, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of weaner rabbits

Table 1 Chemical composition and metabolisable energy content of air-dried BFLM

Parameter	Percentage
Dry matter	92.6
Crude protein	20.5
Crude fibre	33.9
Ash	6.4
Ether extract	8.5
Nitrogen free extracts	23.3
Acid detergent fibre	30.0
Neutral detergent fibre	40.5
Hemicellulose	10.5
*Metabolisable energy (Kcal/kg)	2239.95

^*Estimated according to Pauzenga (1985): ME (kcal/kg) = (35 × percentage crude protein) + (81.8 × per cent ether extract) + (35.5 × percentage nitrogen free extract)

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