Enhancing growing rabbit heat stress resilience through dietary supplementation with natural antioxidants

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Constituents and chemical assessment of the basal diet fed to the fattening rabbits

Ingredient	g/1000 g diet	Analyzed composition (%, on DM basis)
Berseem hay	300.5	Organic matter	91.42
Wheat brain	215.0	Crude protein	17.04
Soybean meal	175.0	Crude fiber	12.37
Barley grain	246.0	Ether extract	2.23
Limestone	9.5	Nitrogen free extract	59.46
Molasses	30.0	Ash	8.58
Di-calcium phosphate	16.0
DL-Methionine	1.5
Sodium chloride	3.0
Vitamins & Mineral Premix (1)	3.5
Total	100

1) Each 1 kg contains on Vitamin A (150, 000 UI), Vitamin B12 (0.1 mg), Vitamin B1(10 mg), Vitamin K3 (21 mg), Vitamin B6 (15 mg), Folic acid (10 mg) VitaminB2 (40 mg), Pantothenic acid (100 mg) Niacin (200 mg), Vitamin E (100 mg), Biotin (0.5 mg), and Choline chloride (5000 mg). Each 1 kg contains zinc (600 mg), manganese (800 mg), copper (40 m g), iron (300 mg), iodine (500 mg), selenium (100 mg), and cobalt (100 mg)

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