Table 7.
Effect of dietary treatments on economic efficiency of rabbits diets.
| Items | Experimental Diets | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | AA | OPE | TPE | |
| Initial weight (Kg) | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
| Final weight (Kg) | 1.87 | 2.04 | 2.09 | 2.09 |
| Average total weight gain/rabbit (kg) | 1.27 | 1.44 | 1.48 | 1.49 |
| Total revenue/rabbit (USD) 1 | 4.04 | 4.59 | 4.73 | 4.74 |
| Total feed intake/rabbit (kg) 2 | 4.61 | 4.83 | 5.13 | 5.19 |
| Price of feeding/kg (USD) | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.31 |
| Total feed cost/rabbit (USD) | 1.43 | 1.54 | 1.60 | 1.62 |
| Net revenue/rabbit (USD) | 2.62 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.11 |
| Economic efficiency(EE) 3 | 1.84 | 1.98 | 1.95 | 1.92 |
| Relative economic efficiency (REE) 4 | 100.00 | 107.81 | 106.22 | 104.54 |
1 Price of one Kg/live body weight on selling was USD 3.19. 2 Net revenue = Price of rabbit (USD)—Total feed cost (USD). 3 Economic efficiency = Net revenue/Total feed cost (USD). 4 Relative economic efficiency (REE) = EE of treatments/EE of the control (assuming that the relative economic efficiency of the control diet is 100).