INCLUSION OF CRUDE OLIVE CAKE IN GROWING RABBITS DIET: EFFECT ON GROWTH AND SLAUGHTER YIELD

Si Ammar Kadi (1) , N Belaidi-Gater , F Chebat

1 Département des Sciences Agronomiques, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et Sciences Agronomiques

Two pelleted diets were distributed, during 08 weeks, to two groups of fattening rabbit. The first (control diet) is the only one rabbit feed available on the market and used by breeders. The second (experimental diet) is formulated to contain the minimum of ingredients and the maximum of low-cost by-products available locally in order to come back cheap; it contains 61% of hard wheat bran and 20% of crude olive cake. There was not significant difference on the main parameters of growth and slaughtering. The obtained performances are 24.68 g/d of growth, 77.5 g/d of feed consumption and 24.11 g/d of growth, 87 g/d of feed consumption respectively for the control group and the experimental one. The slaughter yield seems better with rabbits consuming the experimental diet (68.23 % vs 66.64). Crude olive cake can be included in diets of fattening rabbits in total replacement of the alfalfa hay as source of fiber.

Mots clés: olive-cake; feed; consumption; growth; carcass

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Si Ammar Kadi, N Belaidi-Gater, F Chebat. INCLUSION OF CRUDE OLIVE CAKE IN GROWING RABBITS DIET: EFFECT ON GROWTH AND SLAUGHTER YIELD. 9th world rabbit congress, Sep 2004, Puebla, Mexico. ⟨hal-01743219⟩