Nutritional evaluation of barhar (Artocarpus lakoocha) leaves in crossbred rabbit

Fresh barhar (Artocarpus iakoochd) leaves were offered ad lib. to ten adult cross bred (Soviet Chinchilla x New Zealand White) rabbits to study feed intake and digestibility. The voluntary DM intake was 119.08±7.83, g/d. Digestibility of DM, OM, CP, EE and NDF was 63.3±1.16, 66.9±1.06, 83.3±1.10, 49.6±1.58 and 62.2±1.69%, respectively. The animals were in negative N-balance. Body weight of rabbit decreased from 2197.5±58.4 g to 2010.9±67.5 g within a period of 20 days. So, it was concluded that barhar leaves, as a sole diet were unable to meet the nutrient requirements of adult rabbit.