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@article{Ojebiyi_Idowu_Obembe_2025, title={COMMERCIAL NANO-NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION IN GROWING RABBITS’ DIETS}, url={https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/8401}, DOI={10.51791/njap.vi.8401}, abstractNote={<p><em>The use of nanoparticles in livestock is becoming more popular for improvement in performance. The study was </em><em>conducted to examine the growth performance and nutrient digestibility of growing rabbits fed diet supplemented </em><em>with Nano-nutrients. Thirty-two (32) cross bred growing rabbits of mix sexes were randomly distributed into four </em><em>treatments consisting eight (8) animals each serving as a replicate. Treatment 1 served as the control without </em><em>nano-nutrient, rabbits in Treatment 2 were given nano-nutrients orally (15g/10liters of water), Treatment 3 were </em><em>fed diet supplemented with nano-nutrient at 62.5g/25kg of feed and Treatment 4 were fed both diet supplemented </em><em>with nano-nutrient at 62.5g/25kg and nano-nutrients orally at 15g/10 liters of water. Feed and water were given </em><em>ad libitum during the 9 weeks of the experiment. Data were collected on growth performance and nutrient </em><em>digestibility which were subjected to ANOVA using SPSS version-21. The results showed that the treatments had </em><em>no significant (P&gt;0.05) effect on the performance characteristics and nutrient digestibility. However, the nano</em><em>nutrient strengthens the animal’s immune system and the use of antibiotics was avoided. It was concluded that </em><em>nano-nutrients could be included in the feed or water of rabbits without any deleterious effect</em></p>}, journal={Nigerian Journal of Animal Production}, author={Ojebiyi, O. O. and Idowu, A. O. and Obembe, D. O.}, year={2025}, month={Mar.}, pages={681–684} }