Digestibility of feeds in rabbit (0ryctolagus cuniculus linnaeus, 1758) in Africa: A review

摘要

Feed digestibility indicates how much the body uses feed and its nutrients. This studyaims to make a literature review on the digestibility of balanced feed given to farmedrabbits in Africa. Data used for this literature review were collected through manyscientific papers published from 2008 to 2018 and uploaded to Google Scholar,Pubmed, Agora search engines and in national university libraries. Numerousscientific studies in this field indicate that more than thirty feedstuffs are commonlyused to formulate balanced feed delivered to rabbits in Africa. Feed digestibility isgenerally assessed in vivo by the direct method in farmed rabbits. The data compiledshows that the digestibility of feed by rabbits varies enormously depending on thefeedstuffs in balanced feed and also on their incorporation rate. The data recorded bythe various authors’ show that balanced feeds with an Apparent Digestibility greaterthan 50%.