The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 1 Chemical composition (g/kg) of cassava peels meal

From: Dietary cassava peel meal, methionine, and multi-enzyme supplementation in rabbits’ nutrition: effect on growth, digestibility, and carcass traits

Parameters	Current experiment	Literature
Dry matter	921.69	–
Crude protein	54.79	48.00^a
Crude fiber	105.00	210.00^a
Ether extract	4.35	130.00^a
Ash	52.74	570.00^a
Nitrogen-free extract	704.81	–
Neutral detergent fiber	219.43	196.00^a
Acid detergent fiber	136.44	171.00^a
Acid detergent lignin	22.16	72.00^a
Hydrocyanic acid	0.02	33–1081 mg/kg ^b
Methionine	0.36	0.30^c
Lysine	1.14	1.11^c

^aINRA., CIRAD., AFZ., FAO (2012), ^bLukuyu et al. (2014), ^cOladunjoye et al. (2014)

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