The effect of Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) (Linn] [Gaertn] meal on sperm production rate, gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves in male rabbits

Twenty grower male rabbits of mixed breeds were used to evaluate the effect Kapok seed meal on sperm production and storage capacity: Five bucks each randomly assigned four isocaloric isonitrogenous diets containing decorticated at 0), 10, 15 und 20% levels. After 8 weeks ad libitum feeding, per treatment selected from group, sacrificed their testes evaluated for production, efficiency spermatogenesis capacity. The results did not show any significant differences (P>0.05) between treatments in Daily (DSP), production/ gram testis (DSP/g) as well gonadal extragonadal reserves. These suggest that had no breeding an inclusion level up 20%. KSM may thus be a useful source protein rabbit bucks.