Nutritional studies on feeding rabbits

The experiment was conducted at the Department of Animal Production Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt. The practical work was carried out at Privet Rabbit Farm at Dukahlia Governorate, Egypt.One hundred and Twenty New Zealand White male rabbits, 28 day old, with nearly equal live body weight at the beginning of the experiment were randomly allotted to twelve treatment groups, of 10 rabbits each. The first six rabbit groups were fed on the normal energy diet (2500 kcal DE/kg diet), while the other six groups were fed on the high energy diet (2750 kcal De/kg diet). Within each dietary energy level, the first three groups were fed on the normal fibre diet (12% CF), while the other three groups were fed on the low fibre diet (10% CF). Within each dietary fibre level, the first group was fed on the diet without supplementation,