GROWTH PERFORMANCES AND SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS OFNZW RABBITS FED BIOLOGICALLY TREATED JOJOBA MEAL WITH OR WITH OUT ALPINIA GALANGA UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITION | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Animal Production | ||
| Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 189-203 PDF (1.15 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejap.2025.344847.1096 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ibrahim mohamed mohamed ibrahim* ; walaa Abdel-Hakim Amer; Abdelshafi mohamed abdelsamee; elsayed osman bakr; Mosad Mosad Shetaewi | ||
| Department of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, North Sinai, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study included two experiments, the first aimed at investigating the impact of biologically treated Jojoba meal with or without Alpinia galanga on growth performance, some blood parameters and histological indices of some organs in growing rabbits. The second experiment aimed at assessing the effect of these dietary treatments on the semen characteristics and histological characteristics of testicular sections of rabbit bucks. For the first experiment, thirty unsexed weanling NZW rabbits about 35 days were randomly divided into three groups of initial mean weight of 653 ± 45.03 g. The 1st group was fed on the basal diet and served as a control group (CON), The 2nd group was fed basal diet containing 10% Jojoba meal treated with Lactobacillus acidophilus (JML) and the 3rd group was fed basal diet containing 10% Jojoba meal treated with Lactobacillus acidophilus and 0.25% Alpinia galangal rhizomes (JMLA). Results revealed that dietary treatments had no significant effects on growth traits, feed intake, carcass traits and blood parameters of growing rabbits. In the 2nd experiment, four males from the first experiment were chosen from each group at 13 weeks of age with an average weight of 2.270 ± 0.057 kg and were allowed the same dietary treatments and kept until six months old. Results showed that rabbit bucks fed JML diet showed a decrease (P>0.05) in semen characteristics. While, rabbits fed JMLA diet exhibited improvements in semen characteristics. It could be concluded that using biologically treated Jojoba meal with Alpinia galanga can enhance the productivity and improve the testicular structure and function of rabbits. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rabbits; Jojoba meal; Alpinia galanga; growth performance; semen characteristics | ||
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