Role of Moringa, Thyme and Licorice Leave Extracts on Productive Performance of Growing Rabbits | ||||
| Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 60, Issue 4, December 2022, Page 1077-1090 PDF (981.8 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/assjm.2022.277820 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Sherein H. Mohamed 
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| Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The effects of including moringa, thyme, licorice and their mixture leave extracts as phytogenic supplements for growing rabbits on productive performance, nutrients digestibility, blood parameters and carcass characteristics. A total of seventy weaned Moshtoher rabbits, at 25-30 days age and 550 ± 50 g initial live weight were used in growth trial lasted for 75 days. Rabbits were divided into five treatments of 14 animals each. The first group was fed on a basal diet without any supplementation as a control diet (G1). Other groups were supplemented with 100 mg moringa leaves extract/ kg diet (G2), 100 mg thyme leaves extract/ kg diet (G3), 100 mg licorice leaves extract/ kg diet (G4) and 100 mg mixtures from (1:1:1) moringa, thyme and licorice leaves/ kg diet (G5). Results indicated that rabbits in G2 and G5 had a remarkable (p≤0.05) enhancing effect on final weight and on body weight gain. Moreover rabbits in G2 recorded the highest digestibility coefficients (P<0.05) yielding the highest value, followed by G5 , then G3 and finally G4 compared to control group (G1) which showed the lowest values of the digestibility coefficients .The addition of supplements significantly (P<0.05) improved TDN and DCP. Dietary supplements significantly (P<0.05) raised some carcass characteristics. Adding supplements to growing rabbit diets boosted significantly meat CP content (P<0.05), while it decreased moisture and EE levels. Dietary supplement significantly reduced AST and ALT and increased TP, globulin, albumin, immunoglobulin G (IgG), and M (IgM) levels in the blood serum and decreased (P<.05) blood malondialdehyde, creatinine and urea. These results suggest that rabbits fed diets enriched with moringa, thyme, licorice leave extracts and their mixture at 100 mg/kg diet improved growth rate, carcass characteristics, and antioxidant status compared to the control. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| moringa; thyme; licorice; productive performance; nutrient digestibility; blood parameters | ||||
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