Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits
Ragab, M., Shazly, S., Ahmed, M., El-Kholany, M., Khalifa, E. (2022). Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits. EKB Journal Management System, 13(10), 143-151. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2022.160589.1054
Mona A Ragab; Soheir A. Shazly; M. I. Ahmed; M. M. El-Kholany; E. I. Khalifa. "Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits". EKB Journal Management System, 13, 10, 2022, 143-151. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2022.160589.1054
Ragab, M., Shazly, S., Ahmed, M., El-Kholany, M., Khalifa, E. (2022). 'Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits', EKB Journal Management System, 13(10), pp. 143-151. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2022.160589.1054
Ragab, M., Shazly, S., Ahmed, M., El-Kholany, M., Khalifa, E. Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 13(10): 143-151. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2022.160589.1054

Impact of Orally Quaffed Antioxidant on Growth, Carcass Quality, Digestibility, and Hemo-Biochemical Parameters, and Economic Efficiency of Black Balady Rabbits

Journal of Animal and Poultry Production
Article 2, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2022, Page 143-151  XML PDF (786.51 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2022.160589.1054
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Authors
Mona A Ragab email 1; Soheir A. Shazly2; M. I. Ahmed2; M. M. El-Kholany2; E. I. Khalifa2
1Anim. Prod. Res. Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Ministry of Agric. Dokki, Giza
2Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate the effects of orally quaffed antioxidant (as a source of vitamin E) throughout 7 weeks on growth performance, digestibility coefficient and carcass traits, hematological, and serum biochemical, and economic efficiency parameters of the growing black Balady rabbit males. Eighteen rabbits with an average body weight (436.75 ± 10.87 g) were randomly allotted into two experimental treatments as T1 and T2 (n=9; rabbits/treatment), which were individually subdivided into three replicates (n=3; rabbits/replicate). All rabbits in T1 served as a control treatment and fed basal diet plus orally quaffed a dosage of coconut oil as a carrier material of vitamin E up to 2.0 mL / kg live body weight (LBW) / two times weekly. However, T2 rabbits were fed the same basal diet and orally quaffed a dosage up to 2.0 mL of antioxidant (each mL contain 7 mg of vitamin E) / kg LBW/ two times weekly. The results cleared that, rabbits in T2 significantly (P<0.05) enhanced all growth performance parameters, digestibility coefficient (%), nutritive values (%), carcass characteristics, and serum biochemical measurements compared to those in T1. Oxidative capacity status was significantly improved in T2 rabbits relative to T1 rabbits. The economic efficiency and relative economic efficiency parameters were higher in T2 than T1 rabbits. Conclusively, orally using vitamin E as an antioxidant agent could be a useful tool for improving the productive performance, and physiological, and oxidative status parameters, besides its economic benefits for rearing native black Balady rabbits.
Keywords
Rabbit; Antioxidant; Growth; Economic efficiency
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