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 4 Productive performance of weaner rabbits fed the experimental diets

Parameter	Treatment				SEM	P value
Parameter	T0 (0% BFLM)	T1(10% BFLM)	T2(20% BFLM)	T3(30% BFLM)	SEM	P value
Initial weight (g)	785.4	787.0	784.4	787.2	21.0	0.223
Final weight (g)	1713.6^a	1698.8^ab	1678.0^b	1567.2^c	24.2	0.012
Total weight gain (g)	928.2^a	911.8^ab	893.6^b	780.0^c	23.9	0.046
Average daily gain (g)	13.26^a	13.03^ab	12.77^b	11.14^c	0.341	0.045
Daily feed intake (g)	70.0	69.1	68.5	69.3	0.750	0.059
Feed conversion ratio	5.28^b	5.45^b	5.39^b	6.27^a	0.166	0.011
Feed cost /kg (Gh¢)	1.98	1.81	1.65	1.5	-	-
Feed cost/kg gain (Gh¢)	10.45^a	9.86^b	9.40^c	8.89^d	0.277	0.016

^abc Means along the same row with different superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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