JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Carcass characteristics and organ weights of grower rabbits fed graded levels of soybean cheese waste as a replacement for full-fat soybean
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2025.632 | Article Number: 55AB768E3 | Vol.11 (1) - February 2026
Received Date: 26 December 2025 | Accepted Date: 27 January 2026 | Published Date: 28 February 2026
Authors: Gulukun, E. Z.* , Yilsu, M. G. and Yakubu, R. N.
Keywords: Cheese, soybean., waste., protein, carcass, rabbit
This study evaluated the carcass characteristics and organ weights of grower rabbits fed full-fat soybean cheese waste meal as a replacement for full-fat soybean meal. Thirty (30) mongrel rabbits with an initial body weight of 1160.00-1206.67g were randomly assigned to five dietary treatments of six rabbits per treatment with two rabbits per replicate in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD). The study lasted for forty-two (42) days. The experimental diets were: T1 with 0% soybean cheese waste as the control, while T2, T3, T4 and T5 contained 25, 50, 75 and 100% soybean cheese waste, respectively. Feed and water were provided ad libitum during the period of the research. The results showed significant (p<0.05) differences in all carcass parameters measured, except fasted live weight and shank length, and also significant (p<0.05) differences in the weights of different organs across the treatment groups. Findings from the study showed that full fat soybean can be replaced with soybean cheese waste up to 100 per cent without any adverse effect on the animals, which can cut down the cost of feed. The study recommended the dietary inclusion of 100 per cent soybean cheese waste as a replacement of full fat soybean. The objective of this research was to evaluate the carcass characteristics and organ weights of rabbits fed graded levels of soybean cheese waste-based diet as a replacement of full fat soybean.
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