Effects of Replacing Groundnut Cake with Blood Vegetable Waste Meal in the Diets of Weaner Rabbits

Table 1

Composition of experimental diets (Kg/100 kg).

Ingredients	0%	15%	30%	45%
Maize	42.50	42.50	42.50	42.50
Palm kernel cake	1150	11.50	11.50	11.50
Wheat offal	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
Groundnut cake	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00
BVWM	0.00	2.25	4.50	6.75
Fishmeal (72%)	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Maize offal	7.80	7.80	7.80	7.80
Bone meal	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Limestone	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Salt	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
*Premix	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Methionine	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Total	100	100	100	100
Analyzed proximate values
Crude protein (%)	14.70	14.81	14.95	15.11
Crude fibre	7.13	7.45	7.52	3.66
Ether extract	3.44	3.56	3.50	3.66

*The premix used was produced by Animal Care Services Konsult (Nig.) Ltd., and each 2.5 kg contained vit. A: 1,000,000 iu; vit D3: 2,000,000 iu; E: 100,000 iu; vit K: 2,000 mg; thiamine: 1,500 mg; pantohenic acid: 40 mg; vit Bi2: 10 mg; folic acid: 500 mg; biotin 20 mg; c
Cu: 5 g; iodine: 12 g; selenium: 200 mg; Co: 200 mg.