Abstract 91

Prawirodigdo,-S; Abdelsamie,RE; Aritonang,-D

Research Institute for Animal Production, PO Box 123, Bogor, Indonesia.

Journalof-Applied-Rabbit-Research. 1989, 12: 3, 174-176; 9 ref.

For 28 days 48, 6-week-old weaned rabbits were fed on ad libitum pelleted diets containing 50% fortified rice bran (FRB) and 50% forage, with centro (Centrosema pubescens Benth) 0, 50 or 75% of total forage in treatments 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Average daily weight gain of rabbits fed on 100% FRB (4.2 g/head daily) was lower (P < 0.01) than for those fed on diets containing centro. There was no difference in daily weight gain between treatments 2, 3 and 4 (19.9, 16.3 and 21.5 g/head daily, respectively). Average feed intake was not different between groups but the feed conversion ratio of treatments 2, 3 and 4 (5.41, 6.78 and 4.87, respectively) were different from treatment 1 (25.43). Centro-containing diets gave a good growth rate in tropical conditions.