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				<title type="subject" xml:lang="en" sort="Malaysian Animal Husbandry Journal">Malaysian Animal Husbandry Journal</title>
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				<title type="title">REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF RABBITS FED GRADED LEVELS OF CASHEW PULP WITH WHEAT OFFAL AS ABSORBENT</title>
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			<copyright ownership="publisher">Copyright © 2017 Zibeline International Publishing</copyright>
			<doi origin="zibeline international publishing" registered="yes">http://doi.org/10.26480/mahj.02.2025.75.79</doi>
			<issn type="online">2805-5500</issn>
			
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				<event type="publication_date" date="16-06-2025"/>
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						<editorNames>Abiodun Oluwasesan Olosunde</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Nurudeen Aderemi Ajibola</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Taiwo Abiola Otunla</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Abigail Oluwakemi Akingbade</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Olajide Williams Falohun</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Olusegun Julius Oyedele</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Fidelia Anave Ajibogun</editorNames>
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		    <keyword>Rabbits, cashew pulp, wheat offal, reproductive performance, absorbent</keyword>
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	       <volume>5</volume>
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	        <issue>2</issue>
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	      <pages>75-79</pages>
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			<title type="main">Summary</title>
			
					<p>In a 12-week trial, thirty mixed breed does comprising New Zealand White, Chinchilla and California breeds
weighing 1.40–2.00kg and aged 1-2 years were equally allocated to five dietary treatments of six does each
in a completely randomized design to evaluate and determine the reproductive performance of the rabbits
fed graded levels of cashew pulp with wheat offal as absorbent (CpWO). The proximate analysis of processed
CpWO showed that it contained values of 24.02%, 94.72%, 5.93%, 53.41%, 5.28%, 5.22%, 1.42% and 89.50%
for Crude protein (CP), Dry matter (DM), Crude fibre (CF), Nitrogen-free extract (NFE), Moisture content
(MC), Ash content, Ether extract (EE) and Organic matter (OM), respectively. Five dietary treatments were
formulated with CpWO replacing corn bran at graded levels of:0% CpWO (T1), 10% CpWO (T2), 20% CpWO
(T3), 30% CpWO (T4) and 40% CpWO (T5), respectively. The reproduction parameters evaluated were initial
weight of doe, mean daily feed intake of gestating and lactating does (g), weight at parturition (kg), gestation
length, parturition weight of doe, litter size at birth, litter weight at birth, litter size at weaning, mean weight
at weaning/kit and average mortality (%). There were no significant differences (p>0.05) in the reproductive
performance parameters of the rabbits fed graded levels of cashew pulp with wheat offal as absorbent, except
in percentage mortality. The average mortality percentage of T1 was significantly (p&lt;0.05) higher than that
of T4, T3 and T5, respectively. The mortality of the kits was not due to the inclusion of graded levels of the test
ingredients. It could be concluded that cashew pulp with wheat offal as absorbent can be included up to 40%
in the diets of rabbits without any deleterious effect on their reproductive performance.</p>
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