Impacts of supplementing growing rabbit diets with whey powder and citric acid on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, meat and bone analysis, and gut health

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Table 1 Chemical composition of the experimental diets (g/kg)

Ingredients	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5
Berseem hay	340	340	340	340	340
Yellow corn	150	150	150	150	150
Barely grain	150	150	142.5	135	127.5
Whey powder	0	0	7.5	15	22.5
Wheat bran	205	205	208	208	208
Soy bean meal 44% CP	139	139	139	139	139
Calcium carbonate	3	3	0	0	0
Premix^a	3	3	3	3	5
Salt	5	5	5	5	3
Antitoxins (TOXY-NILL plus)	3	3	3	3	3
Anti-coccidial (AMPROL 128)	2	2	2	2	2
Calculated composition(g/kg)^b
Digestible energy (DE), kcal/kg	2515	2515	2517	2512	2507
Crude protein	166.8	166.8	167.4	167.5	167.7
Crude fiber	125.2	125.2	125.1	124.7	124.3
Ether extract	26.6	26.6	26.7	26.7	26.8
Calcium	6.29	6.29	8.61	11.99	15.36
Available phosphorus	5.14	5.14	5.15	5.13	5.11
Lysine	9.06	9.06	9.04	9.01	8.97
Cystine	3.04	3.04	3.03	3.02	3.00
Methionine	2.19	2.19	2.18	2.17	2.16
Threonine	5.90	5.90	5.91	5.91	5.90

^aPremix: each 5 kg contain vit. A (1800,000 IU), vit. D3 (3,000,000 IU), vit. E (3200 mg), vit. B1 (200 mg), vit. B2 (600 mg), vit. B6 (200 mg), vit. B12 (2 mg), calcium antothenate (2000 mg), nicotinic acid (4400 mg), choline (10,000 mg), Fe (10,000 mg), Mn (10,000 mg), Cu (3000 mg), I (200 mg), Co (20 mg), Se (20 mg) and Zn (12,000 mg), Magnesium (100 g)
^bAccording to (NRC 1977)