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Table 2. Results of 
August, 1965. 
feeding trials conducted with 
young cottontai1 
rabbits 
, July- 
Dietary 
Number 
of 
Rabbits 
Average Daily 
Consumption 
of Food 
Average 
Survival 
Time, Days 
Average Daily 
Change in 
Body Weight 
(% of original 
Treatment 
Tested 
(% of body wgt.)* 
(max.:14 days+) 
wgt.*) 
Prickly lettuce 
Lactuca scariola 
3 
54 
14.0 
gained 
2.1 
Chicory 
Cichorium intybus 
2 
92 
14.0 
gained 
1 .2 
Rugel's plantain 
Plantaqo ruqeli i 
3 
36 
n .7 
lost 
0.4 
Red clover 
Tr 1 olium pratense 
3 
35 
5.0 
lost 
3.8 
Smartweed 
Polygonum pensy1 vanicum 3 
29 
4.0 
lost 
5-6 
Giant ragweed 
Ambrosia trifida 
1 
24 
2.0 
lost 
8.7 
Bluegrass 
Poa sp. 
4 
10 
1.2 
lost 
13.9 
Starvation 
2 
« at 
1.5 
lost 
12.3 
* Food consumption is expressed as the average fresh-weight of food eaten daily, 
relative to the body-weight of the animal. 
t Rabbits were removed from the experiment after 14 days. 
* Original weight = weight at beginning of test. 
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