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    EFFECTS OF ALGALBIOMASSON GROWTH, GESTATIONALAND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE, DIGESTIBILITY AND BLOOD PARAMETERS OF RABBIT
    (2027-08-15) OGUNYALE, OLUWAFUNMIBIOLUFISAYO
    ABSTRACT Algalbiomassisbeingexploredasasustainablefeedadditiveforrabbitproductionduetoitshigh protein,fiberandnutrientcontent.Thisstudyevaluated theimpactofalgal biomassongrowth performance,gestationalandreproductive performance,digestibility,andbloodparametersof rabbitweanersanddoes.Thestudyconsistedofthreeexperiments.Experiment1investigated theeffectsofalgal biomassongestational performanceanddigestibilityin20rabbitdoes.The animalsweredividedintofourtreatmentsoffivereplicateseach.Algalbiomasswasincludedin thedietat0,0.5,1.0,and1.5%.Experiment2examinedtheresidualeffectofalgalbiomasson growth performance in36weanerrabbitsfromdoesused inExperiment 1,theweanerswere divided into4treatmentscorrespondingtothedoestreatmentsandfurthersub-divided into3 replicates of 3 weaners each. Datawere collected from theanimals fora period of8 weeks. Experiment 3 assessed the residual effect of algal biomass on gestational performance, reproductive performance, digestibility, and blood indices in rabbit does. Animals from experiment1wereusedforthisstudy,underthesameenvironmentalconditionsandmanagement practices except fordietary changes. Thealgal biomass was removed from theirdietand all animalswereswitchedtothebasaldiet.Alldatacollected weresubjected toone-wayAnalysis ofVariance(ANOVA)inacompletelyrandomizeddesign (CRD) usingSAS (2012).Significant means were separatedusing Duncan multipleTestascontained inthesoftware. Theresults showedthatalgalbiomasshadnosignificant (p>0.05)effectongestational performance and nutrientdigestibility in rabbitdoes(Experimentl).Itwasalsorevealed inExperiment 2that withdrawalofalgalbiomassfromdietofweanerrabbitshadnosignificant(p>0.05)effectonthe growthperformance.Experiment3,revealedthatwithdrawalofalgalbiomassdidnotaffect (p>0.05)gestationalperformance,reproductiveperformanceanddigestibility,butsignificantly