Follaje de leucaena (Leucaena esculenta) como reemplazo parcial de trigo en dietas para conejos de engorda: comportamiento productivo y rendimiento en canal

Abstract

Thirty-nine weanling rabbits (New Zealand x English spot;30 days of age) were used in a fourweek trial to evaluate the partial replacement of wheat grain for Leucaena leaf meal (Leucaena esculenta; LEU) on performance, carcass dressing percentage, and organ weights in fattening rabbits. Treatments consisted of partial replacement of wheat for 0%, 7.5%, or 15.0% of LEU in growing-finishing diet for fattening rabbits. Partial replacement of wheat grain with increasing levels of LEU did not influence (P>0.10) performance, carcass dressing percentage, and internal organs weights. It is concluded that this feeding strategy might contribute to reduce the food for feed competition while improving the use of locally available forage resources for rabbit production in warm environments with multidimensional poverty.