Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue: 1

Effect of dietary supplementation of yeast on fore, intermediate and hind portions of rabbits raised undercage and pen system of housing

Department of LPM., College of Veterinary Science, Lala Lajpat Rai Univ. of Veterinary and Animal sciences, Hisar-125 004, India

*Corresponding author's e-mail: joykhanna20@gmail.com

**e-mail: hkgulati07@gmail.com

Online published on 18 April, 2014.

Abstract

At 13 weeks of age, rabbits raised under cage system of housing with 2% yeast supplementation in their concentrate (T2) had significantly higher total weight gain than the pen system and without yeast supplementation (T3). The rabbits reared under pen system with (T4) or without yeast supplementation (T3) had significantly higher portion of fore part hind part and lower portion of intermediate part than the rabbits reared under cage system with (T2) or without yeast supplementation (T1).

Keywords

Cage, Carcass traits, Pen, Rabbits, Yeast