TY - JOUR AU - Ángel La O Michel AU - Manuel Valdivié Navarro AU - Luis Mora Castellanos AU - Jaqueline Cantalapiedra Bello PY - 2017/05/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Feeding Rabbits with tropical Foliage, Sugar Cane, and Sunflower Seeds. JF - Revista de Producción Animal JA - RPA VL - 27 IS - 1 SE - Manejo y Alimentación DO - UR - https://revistas.reduc.edu.cu/index.php/rpa/article/view/1314 AB - The productive behavior of fattening rabbits was assessed using four feeding variants combining tropical foliage (Teramnus labiales,  Hibiscus rosas-sinensis,  Pyla nodiflora  and  Ipomoea batata)  with sugar cane and sunflower seeds. Sixty Cuban Brown rabbits weaned at 40 days of age were used, weighing an average 679 g, after 80 days of fattening. Three animals were placed in each cage, following a completely random design.  Each animal was consid-ered a replica for the following variables: initial  live  weight,  final live weight, and mean daily gain. For feed con-sumption and feed conversion variables, the means of the animals in every cage were considered.  Sugar cane foliage and stems were administered at will. The sunflower seeds were administered at a rate of 25 g/rabbit/day; water was supplied ad libitum. Variants  Teramnus labialis-sugar cane-sunflower, Ipomoea batata-sugar cane-sunflower and Phyla nodiflora-sugar cane-sunflower had the best  y  (100 % viability, live weigh gains between 19.28 and 22.78 g/rabbit/day, and cleaned meat production, between  785  and  972 g,  at a cost of  11.45, 16.94  and  12.52 CUP) for  Teramnus labialis-sugar cane-sunflower,  Ipomoea batata-sugar cane-sunflower and Phyla nodiflora-sugar cane-sunflower, respectively. Variant Hibiscus rosa-sinensis sugar cane-sunflower was the least efficient. ER -