Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2022.232781
S. Hassan, H. Shahba, Mohamed Mansour
: The present study aimed to compare the impact of oral administration of date palm pollen (DPP) or bee pollen (BP) in suspension form on rabbit bucks' physiological and reproductive performance traits. Fifty V-line male rabbits at 20 weeks of age were divided into five equal groups; Control group was given water (placebo), DPP groups (DPP1, 150 mg/kg BW; DPP2, 300 mg/kg BW), and BP groups (BP1, 200 mg/kg BW; BP2, 400 mg/kg BW). During a 12-week subsequently buck ’ s reproductive
{"title":"INFLUENCE OF USING DATE PALM POLLEN OR BEE POLLEN ON SOME BLOOD BIOCHEMICAL METABOLITES, SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS AND SUBSEQUENT REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF V-LINE MALE RABBITS","authors":"S. Hassan, H. Shahba, Mohamed Mansour","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2022.232781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2022.232781","url":null,"abstract":": The present study aimed to compare the impact of oral administration of date palm pollen (DPP) or bee pollen (BP) in suspension form on rabbit bucks' physiological and reproductive performance traits. Fifty V-line male rabbits at 20 weeks of age were divided into five equal groups; Control group was given water (placebo), DPP groups (DPP1, 150 mg/kg BW; DPP2, 300 mg/kg BW), and BP groups (BP1, 200 mg/kg BW; BP2, 400 mg/kg BW). During a 12-week subsequently buck ’ s reproductive","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"322 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76295342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2022.233313
Y. El-Bolkiny, Merveet Monsour, Kamel M. Kamel, Ghada A. Tabl, H. Rabie
: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of daily oral administration of aqueous leaves extracts of Salvia officinalis L.(sage) and Azadirachta indica L. (neem) on growth performance , carcass characteristics and hematological parameters of growing rabbit under summer and winter conditions. Rabbits were classified into four equal groups 10/each, in two trails of growth, 40 rabbit's /each trail. The first group was served as a control, the second received 200 mg/kg of body weight of aqueous leaves extract of sage (SAE), the third received 50 mg/kg of body weight of aqueous leaves extract of neem group. It can be concluded that there were significant interactions between season and treatments on the growth performance, carcass traits and hematological parameters except the FI and RT parameters. Conclusively, the present study suggests that the dietary leaf extract has performed a good nutritional supplement by enhancing growth performance and health guidelines of APRI growing rabbits against stressful conditions especially during summer season.
{"title":"EFFECT OF SAGE AND NEEM AQUEOUS LEAF EXTRACTS ON GROWTH, CARCASS AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF GROWING APRI RABBITS UNDER SUMMER AND WINTER CONDITIONS","authors":"Y. El-Bolkiny, Merveet Monsour, Kamel M. Kamel, Ghada A. Tabl, H. Rabie","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2022.233313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2022.233313","url":null,"abstract":": The objective of this study was to determine the effects of daily oral administration of aqueous leaves extracts of Salvia officinalis L.(sage) and Azadirachta indica L. (neem) on growth performance , carcass characteristics and hematological parameters of growing rabbit under summer and winter conditions. Rabbits were classified into four equal groups 10/each, in two trails of growth, 40 rabbit's /each trail. The first group was served as a control, the second received 200 mg/kg of body weight of aqueous leaves extract of sage (SAE), the third received 50 mg/kg of body weight of aqueous leaves extract of neem group. It can be concluded that there were significant interactions between season and treatments on the growth performance, carcass traits and hematological parameters except the FI and RT parameters. Conclusively, the present study suggests that the dietary leaf extract has performed a good nutritional supplement by enhancing growth performance and health guidelines of APRI growing rabbits against stressful conditions especially during summer season.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81281516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2022.212760
M. elspeiy, M. Abdella, A. El-Kamhawy, M. Abd-Elaal
Thirty six Californian male rabbits, 45 months age with average body weight of 2980±30.3 gm, were randomly divided into six treatments and used for the present study. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the dry powder from the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (AGR) and zinc sulphate (ZnSO4) supplementation on blood parameters, immunity and oxidative status of Californian rabbit bucks. All rabbits were fed on the basal diet, the 1 st group was served as control, nd 2 and 5 th groups and 3 rd and 6 th groups were fed basal diet supplemented with 1 kg and 2 kg/AGR/ton feed, respectively, while, 4 th , 5 th and 6 th groups were received 200 mg Zn/L of drinking water for 60 days. Results indicated that supplementation of AGR and Zn had the highest significant values of TP, Alb, AST and ALT, whereas the control group had the lowest value. Significant improved of IgG in the groups supplemented with AGR2, Zn, AGR1+Zn and AGR2+Zn. Groups of Zn, AGR1+Zn and AGR2+Zn recorded high significant value of IgM. Supplementation of AGR with or without Zn had significantly lower concentrations of TG, cholesterol and LDL compared to the control group. Significant increases were noticed in CAT, GSH, SOD, and TAC as compared with control one. Conclusively, it is concluded that rabbit's bucks blood parameters, immunity and oxidative status may be improved with alpinia galanga and zinc supplementation to rations of Californian rabbit bucks.
{"title":"IMPACT OF ALPINIA OFFICINARUM AND ZINC ON: 1- SOME BLOOD PARAMETERS, IMMUNITY AND ANTIOXIDANT STATUS IN CALIFORNIAN RABBIT BUCKS","authors":"M. elspeiy, M. Abdella, A. El-Kamhawy, M. Abd-Elaal","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2022.212760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2022.212760","url":null,"abstract":"Thirty six Californian male rabbits, 45 months age with average body weight of 2980±30.3 gm, were randomly divided into six treatments and used for the present study. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of the dry powder from the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (AGR) and zinc sulphate (ZnSO4) supplementation on blood parameters, immunity and oxidative status of Californian rabbit bucks. All rabbits were fed on the basal diet, the 1 st group was served as control, nd 2 and 5 th groups and 3 rd and 6 th groups were fed basal diet supplemented with 1 kg and 2 kg/AGR/ton feed, respectively, while, 4 th , 5 th and 6 th groups were received 200 mg Zn/L of drinking water for 60 days. Results indicated that supplementation of AGR and Zn had the highest significant values of TP, Alb, AST and ALT, whereas the control group had the lowest value. Significant improved of IgG in the groups supplemented with AGR2, Zn, AGR1+Zn and AGR2+Zn. Groups of Zn, AGR1+Zn and AGR2+Zn recorded high significant value of IgM. Supplementation of AGR with or without Zn had significantly lower concentrations of TG, cholesterol and LDL compared to the control group. Significant increases were noticed in CAT, GSH, SOD, and TAC as compared with control one. Conclusively, it is concluded that rabbit's bucks blood parameters, immunity and oxidative status may be improved with alpinia galanga and zinc supplementation to rations of Californian rabbit bucks.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84769105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-16DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.194894
S. Peris, F. Reda, I. Ismail
{"title":"EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION WITH LETTUCE AND CABBAGE BY- PRODUCTS ON FRESH AND COOLED RABBITS SEMEN.","authors":"S. Peris, F. Reda, I. Ismail","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.194894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.194894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"25 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91442934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.205663
Fatma Abd-Elghany, Mahmoud El-Gebali, G. Gad
The present study aimed to determine the effects of using different levels of papaya leaves (PL) and papaya leaves extract (PLE) on productive performance, some blood constituents, oxidative enzyme status, carcass traits, immune response, digestibility coefficients and economic efficiency of weaned New Zealand White rabbits (NZW). Eighty four weaned New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) aged 35 days and weighed 564g ± 3.40 were distributed randomly into seven groups (12 each). The experimental diets contained different levels of papaya leaves and papaya leaves extract (0.0 controls (C), 1, 2 and 3% papaya leaves or papaya leaves extract, respectively. The experiment was lasted for 8 weeks. The obtained results indicated that: The final live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were significantly (P<0.05) improved in the treated groups. Digestibility coefficient and nutritive values were significantly improved for rabbits fed diet contained PL and PLE compared to those fed the control diet. There were significant increases detected for plasma total protein, albumin and globulin while blood plasma cholesterol, LDL and total lipids were significantly decreased by increasing PL and PLE inclusion level compared to control groups. Liver function as AST and ALT activity were not affected by dietary supplementation. Moreover the concentrations of IgG and IgM of rabbits were higher for rabbit supplemented with PL and PLE than the control group. GPx, SOD and CAT were significantly improved by dietary PL and PLE. The best economic efficiency had been recorded with rabbits fed 3% PLE inclusion followed by rabbits received 2% and 1% treatment of PLE, respectively. It is concluded that supplemental papaya leaves extract at the rate of 3 % of the diet improved feed conversion ratio, nutrients digestibility, immunity, and economic efficiency of the NZW rabbits.
{"title":"INFLUENCE OF PAPAYA LEAVES AND THEIR EXTRACT SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWING RABBIT PERFORMANCE, PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS, IMMUNE RESPONSES AND OXIDATIVE ENZYME STATUS.","authors":"Fatma Abd-Elghany, Mahmoud El-Gebali, G. Gad","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.205663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.205663","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aimed to determine the effects of using different levels of papaya leaves (PL) and papaya leaves extract (PLE) on productive performance, some blood constituents, oxidative enzyme status, carcass traits, immune response, digestibility coefficients and economic efficiency of weaned New Zealand White rabbits (NZW). Eighty four weaned New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) aged 35 days and weighed 564g ± 3.40 were distributed randomly into seven groups (12 each). The experimental diets contained different levels of papaya leaves and papaya leaves extract (0.0 controls (C), 1, 2 and 3% papaya leaves or papaya leaves extract, respectively. The experiment was lasted for 8 weeks. The obtained results indicated that: The final live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were significantly (P<0.05) improved in the treated groups. Digestibility coefficient and nutritive values were significantly improved for rabbits fed diet contained PL and PLE compared to those fed the control diet. There were significant increases detected for plasma total protein, albumin and globulin while blood plasma cholesterol, LDL and total lipids were significantly decreased by increasing PL and PLE inclusion level compared to control groups. Liver function as AST and ALT activity were not affected by dietary supplementation. Moreover the concentrations of IgG and IgM of rabbits were higher for rabbit supplemented with PL and PLE than the control group. GPx, SOD and CAT were significantly improved by dietary PL and PLE. The best economic efficiency had been recorded with rabbits fed 3% PLE inclusion followed by rabbits received 2% and 1% treatment of PLE, respectively. It is concluded that supplemental papaya leaves extract at the rate of 3 % of the diet improved feed conversion ratio, nutrients digestibility, immunity, and economic efficiency of the NZW rabbits.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87043948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.205664
Kariman Farg, Gouda Gouda, Hasan Elkelawy, Mostafa Tawfeek
This work aimed to estimate general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining ability and reciprocal crosses (RC) effects on rabbit growth performance attributes from weaning to marketing to recognize the best suitable crossbred for rabbit breeder to use in rabbit meat production under Egyptian circumstances. A total of 123 male (59) and female (64) rabbits represents three breeds and their diallel crosses were used in this study. The pure breeds were New Zealand White (N), Papillon (P) and Flemish Giant (F). The six crossbreeds were NF, NP, FP, FN, PN, PF. The growth performance attributes were body weights at 4 (BW4), 8 (BW8) and 12 (BW12) weeks of age, daily weight gain between 4 and 8 weeks (DG4-8), 8 and 12 weeks (DG8-12) and between 4 and 12 weeks (DG4-12) and relative growth rate (RG) at the same interval ages (RG4-8, RG8-12 and RG4-12). The present results showed positive interrelationship among all body weight traits. However, BW8 was highly correlated with DG at all studied ages (r=0.61 to 0.91). There is highly negative correlation between BW4 and RG at 4-8wks and 4-12 wks of age. The genotype had significant effect on body weight at 8 and 12 weeks of age. N rabbits were recorded to be the heaviest breed at weaning (4 weeks), while PN and FN crosses were recorded to be the heaviest rabbits at market (12 weeks). Genetic groups were found to had highly significant effect on DG and RG, during all intervals age. On the other hand, effect of sex on BW, DG and RG of growing rabbits were not significant at studied intervals. Insignificant effect for GCA, SCA and RC on BW were recorded at different ages, except for the reciprocal cross effect at 12 weeks of age. The NP crossbred seemed to be the best cross combination in improving of BW. GCA, SCA and RC had significant effect (P < 0.05 or 0.001) on DG and RG. FN crossbred was found to be the best 200 KARIMAN FARG et al. genetic group among all crosses for DG and RG. Conclusively, the results obtained in present study suggested that Papillon is a promising breed in crossbreeding program regarding growth performance traits. Crossing of New Zealand White as a sire breed with Papillon as a dam breed, NP, would be recommended over other crosses to improve marketing weight in rabbits. However, Crossing of Flemish Giant as a sire breed with New Zealand White as a dam breed, FN, would be recommended over other crosses to improve growth rates in rabbits especially in case of marketing rabbits at constant weight to save time and cost.
{"title":"GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES IN RABBITS","authors":"Kariman Farg, Gouda Gouda, Hasan Elkelawy, Mostafa Tawfeek","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.205664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.205664","url":null,"abstract":"This work aimed to estimate general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining ability and reciprocal crosses (RC) effects on rabbit growth performance attributes from weaning to marketing to recognize the best suitable crossbred for rabbit breeder to use in rabbit meat production under Egyptian circumstances. A total of 123 male (59) and female (64) rabbits represents three breeds and their diallel crosses were used in this study. The pure breeds were New Zealand White (N), Papillon (P) and Flemish Giant (F). The six crossbreeds were NF, NP, FP, FN, PN, PF. The growth performance attributes were body weights at 4 (BW4), 8 (BW8) and 12 (BW12) weeks of age, daily weight gain between 4 and 8 weeks (DG4-8), 8 and 12 weeks (DG8-12) and between 4 and 12 weeks (DG4-12) and relative growth rate (RG) at the same interval ages (RG4-8, RG8-12 and RG4-12). The present results showed positive interrelationship among all body weight traits. However, BW8 was highly correlated with DG at all studied ages (r=0.61 to 0.91). There is highly negative correlation between BW4 and RG at 4-8wks and 4-12 wks of age. The genotype had significant effect on body weight at 8 and 12 weeks of age. N rabbits were recorded to be the heaviest breed at weaning (4 weeks), while PN and FN crosses were recorded to be the heaviest rabbits at market (12 weeks). Genetic groups were found to had highly significant effect on DG and RG, during all intervals age. On the other hand, effect of sex on BW, DG and RG of growing rabbits were not significant at studied intervals. Insignificant effect for GCA, SCA and RC on BW were recorded at different ages, except for the reciprocal cross effect at 12 weeks of age. The NP crossbred seemed to be the best cross combination in improving of BW. GCA, SCA and RC had significant effect (P < 0.05 or 0.001) on DG and RG. FN crossbred was found to be the best 200 KARIMAN FARG et al. genetic group among all crosses for DG and RG. Conclusively, the results obtained in present study suggested that Papillon is a promising breed in crossbreeding program regarding growth performance traits. Crossing of New Zealand White as a sire breed with Papillon as a dam breed, NP, would be recommended over other crosses to improve marketing weight in rabbits. However, Crossing of Flemish Giant as a sire breed with New Zealand White as a dam breed, FN, would be recommended over other crosses to improve growth rates in rabbits especially in case of marketing rabbits at constant weight to save time and cost.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90445795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.197346
M. Farghly, S. Peris, Nahla Abd El.Razik, H. Hamdon, E. Ahmad, M. Farghaly
{"title":"FEEDING PROGRAMS COULD IMPROVE GROWTH PERFORMANCE, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STATUS OF GROWING NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS DURING THE HOT SUMMER SEASON OF EGYPT.","authors":"M. Farghly, S. Peris, Nahla Abd El.Razik, H. Hamdon, E. Ahmad, M. Farghaly","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.197346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.197346","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81546785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.211922
Z. Mousa, Hassan Daghash, A. Azoz, M. Mousa, M. Farghaly
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of some herbal extracts on growth performance and blood parameters of growing New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits under Upper Egypt conditions of the summer season. Seventy two weaned rabbits At 5 week's age (743.17±12.4 g body weight) were randomly divided into 6 groups. Control group, rabbits received water without additives. In C1 and C2 groups, rabbits received chamomile aqueous extract at 5 and 10 ml/L of drinking water, respectively. In R1 and R2 groups, rabbits received rosemary aqueous extract at 5 and 10 ml/L of drinking water, respectively. The last group (CR) rabbits received a mixture from chamomile and rosemary aqueous extract 5 /L water. During the experimental period the body weight, average daily gain, feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FC) and some blood parameters were estimated. Also, the mortality rate was calculated. The result revealed that the supplement a combination of chamomile and rosemary (CR) increased (P< 0.05) average body weight gain and daily gain as compared C1, R1 and R2 groups. The feed intakes did not affected between the treated groups and control one. However, the feed conversion ratio was significant improved (P<0.01) of rabbits drinking water contains a mixture of chamomile and rosemary extracts (CR) when compared with rosemary groups (R1and R2). The Serum total protein (TP), albumin, glucose, total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were significantly lower (P<0.05) in all treated groups than control group. Supplementing chamomile at levels 5ml and 10ml/L to drink water of rabbits decreased the concentration of serum urea and creatinine when compared with control group. Supplement rosemary extract at 10 ml/L to drinking water of growing rabbits increased (P˂0.05) the number of WBCs as compared with control group (7.07 vs. 3.65 x10 3 , respectively).
{"title":"PRODUCTIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CHAMOMILE AND ROSEMARY AQUEOUS EXTRACT ON NEW ZEALAND WHITE GROWING RABBITS.","authors":"Z. Mousa, Hassan Daghash, A. Azoz, M. Mousa, M. Farghaly","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.211922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.211922","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of some herbal extracts on growth performance and blood parameters of growing New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits under Upper Egypt conditions of the summer season. Seventy two weaned rabbits At 5 week's age (743.17±12.4 g body weight) were randomly divided into 6 groups. Control group, rabbits received water without additives. In C1 and C2 groups, rabbits received chamomile aqueous extract at 5 and 10 ml/L of drinking water, respectively. In R1 and R2 groups, rabbits received rosemary aqueous extract at 5 and 10 ml/L of drinking water, respectively. The last group (CR) rabbits received a mixture from chamomile and rosemary aqueous extract 5 /L water. During the experimental period the body weight, average daily gain, feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FC) and some blood parameters were estimated. Also, the mortality rate was calculated. The result revealed that the supplement a combination of chamomile and rosemary (CR) increased (P< 0.05) average body weight gain and daily gain as compared C1, R1 and R2 groups. The feed intakes did not affected between the treated groups and control one. However, the feed conversion ratio was significant improved (P<0.01) of rabbits drinking water contains a mixture of chamomile and rosemary extracts (CR) when compared with rosemary groups (R1and R2). The Serum total protein (TP), albumin, glucose, total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were significantly lower (P<0.05) in all treated groups than control group. Supplementing chamomile at levels 5ml and 10ml/L to drink water of rabbits decreased the concentration of serum urea and creatinine when compared with control group. Supplement rosemary extract at 10 ml/L to drinking water of growing rabbits increased (P˂0.05) the number of WBCs as compared with control group (7.07 vs. 3.65 x10 3 , respectively).","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88647527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.21608/ejrs.2021.182965
A. Refaie, W. Salama, F. Ahmed
ABSTRACT: Growth performance, carcass traits, nutrient digestibility coefficients, some blood parameters and economical evaluation of APRI growing rabbits to diets containing graded levels of citronella by-product (CBP) as a replacement of clover hay was studied in the current study. A total number of 80 APRI growing rabbits, 6 weeks of age weighing 703 g±6.43. Rabbits were randomly distributed into 5 groups, each had 16 rabbits in 4 replicates 4 rabbits, each. The first group was fed the basal diet and served as a control group, the second and third groups were fed diet contained (20% CBP) and (40% CBP) citronella by-product in replacement of clover hay and represent 5.86% and 11.72% of the whole diets, respectively. The fourth and fifth groups were fed the same previous levels of CBP, but supplemented with enzymes mixture (Natuzyme fortified; E) at level of 0.35 g/kg diet and labeled (20% CBP+E) and (40% CBP+E), respectively. Enzymes mixture contains 6000 U cellulose, 11000 U xylanase, 1500 U phytase, 700 U β-mannase, 700 U α-amylase and 700 U protease/ g. The results reveal that the group of 40% CBP+E achieved significantly the highest final weight with 5.8% improvement over the control and the best FCR than those of the control group, which was a associated with an increase in nutrients’ digestibility coefficients’ of CP, NFE and CF%, as well as enhancing carcass% and dressing %. In addition, 40% CBP+E group, recorded the cheapest price for producing 1 kg of rabbit meat and the best economic efficiency. It could be concluded that inclusion of citronella (Cymbopogonnardus) by-product up to 11.72% plus enzymes mixture of the whole diet is effective in improving rabbit’s growth performance in economic way.
{"title":"NUTRITONAL IMPACT OF USING CITRONELLA (CYMBOPOGON NARDUS) BY-PRODUCT WITH OR WITHOUT ENZYMES MIXTURE SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GROWING RABBITS.","authors":"A. Refaie, W. Salama, F. Ahmed","doi":"10.21608/ejrs.2021.182965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejrs.2021.182965","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Growth performance, carcass traits, nutrient digestibility coefficients, some blood parameters and economical evaluation of APRI growing rabbits to diets containing graded levels of citronella by-product (CBP) as a replacement of clover hay was studied in the current study. A total number of 80 APRI growing rabbits, 6 weeks of age weighing 703 g±6.43. Rabbits were randomly distributed into 5 groups, each had 16 rabbits in 4 replicates 4 rabbits, each. The first group was fed the basal diet and served as a control group, the second and third groups were fed diet contained (20% CBP) and (40% CBP) citronella by-product in replacement of clover hay and represent 5.86% and 11.72% of the whole diets, respectively. The fourth and fifth groups were fed the same previous levels of CBP, but supplemented with enzymes mixture (Natuzyme fortified; E) at level of 0.35 g/kg diet and labeled (20% CBP+E) and (40% CBP+E), respectively. Enzymes mixture contains 6000 U cellulose, 11000 U xylanase, 1500 U phytase, 700 U β-mannase, 700 U α-amylase and 700 U protease/ g. The results reveal that the group of 40% CBP+E achieved significantly the highest final weight with 5.8% improvement over the control and the best FCR than those of the control group, which was a associated with an increase in nutrients’ digestibility coefficients’ of CP, NFE and CF%, as well as enhancing carcass% and dressing %. In addition, 40% CBP+E group, recorded the cheapest price for producing 1 kg of rabbit meat and the best economic efficiency. It could be concluded that inclusion of citronella (Cymbopogonnardus) by-product up to 11.72% plus enzymes mixture of the whole diet is effective in improving rabbit’s growth performance in economic way.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74262475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.21608/EJRS.2021.140592
Mosad Shetaewi, M. Mousa, E. Bakr, Walaa Salem
: A total number of 24 New-Zealand White ( NZW) doe rabbits aged 5- 6 months and weighed approximately ) 2.478 ± 0.14) kg was randomly divided into three groups (8/each). The 1 st group designated as the control (CON) was fed on the basal diet only. The 2 nd group (SGR) was fed the basal diet in which a 10% was replaced with Sea-grass (Cymodocea nodosa), and the 3 rd group (TAR) was fed the basal diet in which a 10% was replaced with 10% Taro haulms (Colocasia esculenta). The experiment continued for three litters. Results showed that rabbit does fed on sea-grass and taro haulms gave more alive kits per doe kindling compared with those fed the control diet. Weight of kits weaned per doe kindling was highest (P ≤ 0.05) in the sea-grass group (1.882 kg) followed by taro haulms group (1.760 kg), whereas the control group had the lowest mean (1.439 kg) in that respect. Litter weight from birth to of SGR those of the CON, whereas SGR and TAR did not differ (P > 0.05). Stillbirths were lower in the SGR and TAR groups compared with the CON. Feed intake of the SGR and TAR treatments was higher (P ≤ 0.05) than that of the CON treatment during both pregnancy and lactation periods. Moreover, results showed no significant differences among treatments in body weight changes of doe rabbits at different time periods of their reproductive cycle. Results also showed no significant differences among treatments in litter size, total milk yield and milk conversion rate. Digestion coefficients of DM, OM, CP, EE, CF and NFE did not differ significantly among treatments. Conclusively , feeding a diet containing 10% of Sea-grass (Cymodocea nodosa) or Taro waste (Colocasia esculenta) to New-Zealand White doe rabbits could improve their reproductive performance with no harmful effects compared with feeding the commercial control diet. It may be recommended to use these residues in the rations of rabbit does.
{"title":"EFFECT OF DIETS CONTAINING SEA-GRASS (Cymodocea nodosa) AND TARO HAULMS (Colocasia esculenta) ON REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF NEW-ZEALAND FEMALE RABBITS UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS","authors":"Mosad Shetaewi, M. Mousa, E. Bakr, Walaa Salem","doi":"10.21608/EJRS.2021.140592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/EJRS.2021.140592","url":null,"abstract":": A total number of 24 New-Zealand White ( NZW) doe rabbits aged 5- 6 months and weighed approximately ) 2.478 ± 0.14) kg was randomly divided into three groups (8/each). The 1 st group designated as the control (CON) was fed on the basal diet only. The 2 nd group (SGR) was fed the basal diet in which a 10% was replaced with Sea-grass (Cymodocea nodosa), and the 3 rd group (TAR) was fed the basal diet in which a 10% was replaced with 10% Taro haulms (Colocasia esculenta). The experiment continued for three litters. Results showed that rabbit does fed on sea-grass and taro haulms gave more alive kits per doe kindling compared with those fed the control diet. Weight of kits weaned per doe kindling was highest (P ≤ 0.05) in the sea-grass group (1.882 kg) followed by taro haulms group (1.760 kg), whereas the control group had the lowest mean (1.439 kg) in that respect. Litter weight from birth to of SGR those of the CON, whereas SGR and TAR did not differ (P > 0.05). Stillbirths were lower in the SGR and TAR groups compared with the CON. Feed intake of the SGR and TAR treatments was higher (P ≤ 0.05) than that of the CON treatment during both pregnancy and lactation periods. Moreover, results showed no significant differences among treatments in body weight changes of doe rabbits at different time periods of their reproductive cycle. Results also showed no significant differences among treatments in litter size, total milk yield and milk conversion rate. Digestion coefficients of DM, OM, CP, EE, CF and NFE did not differ significantly among treatments. Conclusively , feeding a diet containing 10% of Sea-grass (Cymodocea nodosa) or Taro waste (Colocasia esculenta) to New-Zealand White doe rabbits could improve their reproductive performance with no harmful effects compared with feeding the commercial control diet. It may be recommended to use these residues in the rations of rabbit does.","PeriodicalId":11684,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90058465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}