 | Abstract 80Evaluation of tropical green forages for dry season feeding of rabbits.Aduku,-AO; Dim,-NI; Hassan,-W Department of Animal Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Journal-of-Applied-Rabbit-Research. 1989, 12: 2, 113-115; 15 ref. At a rate of one forage species per day, 14 New Zealand White rabbits were given green tropical forages in the dry season to study palatability. Feed preferences (g consumed/100 g offered) were: Tridax procumbens 90, maize 79, Vigna unguiculata 78, Desmodium scorpiurus 62, Luffa aegyptiaca 62, Stylosanthes hamata 59, Leucaena leucocephala 55, Musa spp. 51, Manihot esculenta 36, Cajanus cajan 31, Psidium guajava 25, Gmelina arborea 24, Amaranthus hybridus 23, Carica papaya 19 and Mangifera indica 19 g. This abstract relates to the following species:
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