SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY AND CARCASS CHARASTERISTICS IN RABBIT FED TREATED CORNCOB
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the serum biochemistry and carcass characteristics of
growing Rabbit fed treated corncob. It was carried out at the rabbitary section southern farm,
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T) Ibadan. Twenty four (24) grower
rabbits between (12) and thirteen (13) weeks with average weight of 1kg were randomly
allotted into four (4) different treatments of six(6) rabbits per treatment which were further
divided into three(3) replicates of two(2) rabbits per replicate in a completely randomized
design. Four experimental diets were formulated namely T1, T2, T3, T4. T1( control)
contained 0% processed corncob, T2 contained 5% dried processed corncob,T3 contained 5%
soaked processed corncob and T4 contained 5% boiled processed corncob into 100kg (%) of
feed respectively. The feeding trial lasted for a period of (8) weeks. At the end of the
experiment, one rabbit was randomly selected from each replicate making (3) rabbits per
treatment and blood sample was collected from the jaguar vein of the rabbits using disposable
syringe and gauge of needle, and was transferred into a plain bottle without coagulant and
fixed into a container filled with ice pack and was transported to the laboratory for serum
analysis. The highest data collected for serum biochemical included total protein (7.10),
Albumin (4.05), globulin (3.13), calcium (7.50) andphosphorus (2.95). The results show there
is no significant difference (p< 0.05) recorded in total protein, Albumin, globulin.
Slaughtered weight (97.30), dressed weight (67.71), head weight (8.01), hearth weight
(0.34a
), liver weight (2.54a
) and kidney weight (0.71) are the highest data collected for
carcass characteristics in the study .The results shows there is significant difference (p
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