Abstract
Forty five, 4-week-old weaner crossbred rabbits were used to investigate the effect of replacing palmkernel cake (PKC) for groundnut cake (GNC) in the diets of weaner rabbits. Dietary GNC was replaced with PKC at 0, 12.5, 25, 37.5 and 50%. Increasing the level of PKC in the diets of the rabbits had no significant effect ( P>0.05) on feed intake, weight gain and feed to gain ratio. There was also no treatment effect on nitrogen intake ( P>0.05). However, increasing the level of PKC in the diet had a significant effect on faecal nitrogen, urinary nitrogen, nitrogen balance and nitrogen digestibility. Feed cost decreased with increase in the level of PKC replacement. The results showed that PKC could replace up to 37.5% of dietary GNC level in the diets of weaner rabbits without adverse effects on performance.
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