Effect of pawpaw leaf meal and multi-enzyme supplementation in the diet on performance, digestibility, and oxidative enzyme status of rabbits

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 3 Effect of enzyme s (E) and dietary pawpaw leaf meal (PLM) on performance of rabbits from 35 to 91 days of age

	Experimental diets				SEM	P	PLM		E
	0PLM-E (diet 1)	0PLM + E (diet 2)	10PLM-E (diet 3)	10PLM + E (diet 4)			PLM		E
	0PLM-E (diet 1)	0PLM + E (diet 2)	10PLM-E (diet 3)	10PLM + E (diet 4)			SEM	P	SEM	P
ILW (35 days), g	736.73	745.40	733.43	737.26	31.58	1.00	52.32	0.94	52.32	0.93
FLW (91 days) g	2009.40	2295.90	2301.47	2541.73	89.34	0.22	113.70	0.13	113.70	0.13
Weight gain, g/d	22.72^b	27.68^ab	28.00^ab	32.23^a	1.32	0.05	1.37	0.03	1.37	0.04
Feed intake, g/d	48.87	49.56	46.89	46.52	1.02	0.72	1.58	0.29	1.58	0.94
FCR	2.22^a	1.78^ab	1.69^ab	1.44^b	0.11	0.05	0.11	0.02	0.11	0.07
Mortality (%)	1.00	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.13	0.80	0.20	0.58	0.20	0.58