Abstract
Rabbit is an alternative animal raised by the farmer for profit. Therefore, the ration used varied and tended to use commercial pelleted feed. The current study was intended to evaluate effect of pellet size of rabbit ration with or without Indigofera sp on the performances of rabbit. Seventy-two rabbits of one month old were used allocated to 12 experimental units. The main factor was ration types (with or without inclusion of Indigofera sp) and the second factor was pellet size (S, M and L). The experiment was arranged in Completely Nested Randomized Design. The results showed that feed consumption was not significantly influenced by the type of ration and pellet size. In addition, type of ration significantly (P>0.05) influenced the body weight gain and highly significantly (P>0.01) influenced on feed conversion. Economic calculation based on Income Over Feed Cost (IOFC) indicated ration containing Indigofera was highly significantly (P>0.01). In conclusion, ration containing Indigofera sp at long size of pellet improves performance of New Zealand White Rabbit.
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