Table 1.
Ingredients and composition of commercial diet for growing rabbits.
| Items | Basal Diet |
|---|---|
| Ingredient (%) | |
| Soybean meal | 15 |
| Wheat bran | 25 |
| Berseem hay | 30 |
| Barely grain | 28 |
| Limestone | 1 |
| NaCl | 0.5 |
| Premix 1 | 0.5 |
| Total | 100 |
| Calculated composition (%) | |
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg | 10.85 |
| Crude protein | 17.29 |
| Calcium | 0.87 |
| Phosphorus | 0.54 |
| Analyzed composition (%, as-DM basis) | |
| Crude protein | 18.38 |
| Ether extract | 2.56 |
| Crude fiber | 13.70 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 37.92 |
| Acid detergent fiber | 21.93 |
| Dry matter | 88.06 |
| Organic matter | 90.57 |
| Ash | 9.43 |
| Nitrogen free extract | 55.93 |
1 Each 1 kg of premix (minerals and vitamins mixture) contains vit. A, 20,000 IU; vit. D3, 15,000 IU; vit. E, 8.33 g; vit. K, 0.33 g; vit. B1, 0.33; vit. B2, 1.0 g; vit. B6, 0.33 g; vit. B5, 8.33 g; vit. B12, 1.7 mg; pantothenic acid, 3.33 g; biotin, 33 mg; folic acid, 0.83 g; choline chloride, 200 g.