Corn

Corn

whole kernel

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Pros

Cheap, fast weight gain in grow outs.

Cons

May kill your rabbits but acute onset bloat and GI statis. Whole corn is mostly Carbs, which will add fat not muscle. Rabbits can not digest the Hulls so it will create inflammation and damage to the intestines .

nutrient break down

~ all % given as average see https://www.feedipedia.org/ for more detailed breakdowns.

Main analysis	Ear maize, without husks, fresh 1	Ear maize, without husks, silage2	Ear maize, without husks, dry3	Maize distillers dried grains and solubles [1]	Maize distillers dried grains and solubles, high protein[2]	EMaize distillers dried grains and solubles, fat < 6 % [3]	Corn gluten feed [4]	Maize gluten meal [5]	Maize germ meal, protein 20-30%, oil > 5% [6]
Dry matter % as fed	50.1%	60.0%	88.0%	89.0%	92.2%	88.3%	88.3%	90.0%	95.6%
Crude protein % DM	10.9%	9.8%	8.3%	29.5%	44.0%	27.9%	21.7%	67.2%	25.6%
Crude fiber % DM	7.3%	4.8%	8.1%	7.9%	7.5%	8.3%	8.3%	1.2%	10.4%
NDF % DM	27.9%	19.0%	23.4%	34.2%	28.8%	39.8%	39.6%	4.1%	45.0%
ADF  % DM	13.7%	9.9%	8.8%	13.6%	12.7%	14.0%	10.6%	1.6%	12.2%
Starch (polarimetry) % DM	56.4%	60.9%	55.1%	9.3%	8.3%	12.3%	21.5%	17.6%	22.1%
Gross energy MJ/kg DM	18.7%	18.7%	18.5%	21.4%	21.0%	19.2%	18.8%	23.1%	20.7%
Digestibility Rabbit	ROW1/COL2

digestibility

not very digestible to rabbits.

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Ingredients	type of rabbit	Maintenance or growth	Authors
<ref>maize whole grain soaked overnight [7]	adult	NO*	Prasad et al., 1996[8]
ROW2	ROW2/COL2

• When the growth or maintenance column is marked "no", it means that this raw material was nutritionally completely imbalanced or contained a toxic compound.

• Table 2. Raw ingredients studied as only feed. page 691, Reflections on rabbit nutrition with a special emphasis on feed ingredients utilization January 2004 Authors:François Lebas

page 688 lists the breakdown of nutrients for ideal rabbit growth

cracked

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meal

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Corn Bran

Corn bran is corn flakes.... Kellogg's actually sells reject corn flakes back to the feed mills for livestock. Once cereal hits expiration date. it's mixed into feed for livestock for carb/sugar boost and energy source

distillers

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Syrup

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