Carcass characteristics are reported in Table 3. The only parameters
that differed in the current study were SW and CCW, with higher SW
and CCW values being found with a 3% TP diet. There were no significant
differences in the dressing-out percentage and proportions of the
organs and carcass parts of the rabbits between different experimental
groups. These results agreed with those found by Sayed and
Abdel-azeem (2009), who did not find any significant differences in
the weight percentages of liver, kidneys, heart and lungs. The present
results are also in accordance with those reported by Alicata,
Bonanno, and Giaccone (1988) who found no differences in carcass
yield between two groups fed a mixed ration based on barley without
or with 20% TP partly replacing alfalfa meal. The dressing out percentage
obtained in the present study are similar to those found by Sayed
and Abdel-azeem (2009) in the carcasses of rabbit groups fed on diets
containing 0, 10 and 20% TP and higher than those found in the rabbit
group fed 30% TP. El-Razik (1996) studied the effect of replacing corn
with TP (0, 5 and 10%) in growing rabbit diets on growth performance
and carcass traits and concluded that TP can satisfactorily substitute
corn grains.