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 5 Apparent nutrients digestibility of grower rabbits fed the experimental diets

Parameter	Treatments				SEM	P value
Parameter	T0 (0% BFLM)	T1 (10% BFLM)	T2 (20% BFLM)	T3 (30% BFLM)	SEM	P value
Dry matter	59.70^ab	61.40^a	61.97^a	56.87^b	0.658	0.011
Crude protein	62.67	62.83	64.17	62.67	0.934	0.595
Crude fibre	60.38^b	63.16^ab	65.53^ab	68.16^a	1.06	0.044
Ether extract	66.22^ab	68.71^ab	71.40^a	58.76^b	1.68	0.035
Ash	28.95^b	33.94^ab	38.78^a	41.53^a	1.59	0.017
NDF	41.53^b	47.16^ab	49.09^a	51.03^a	1.53	0.046
ADF	31.83^b	37.50^ab	39.50^a	40.83^a	1.32	0.044

^abcMeans along the same row with different superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05)
NDF Neutral detergent fibre, ADF Acid detergent fibre

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