Impact of Dietary Supplementation with Ginseng or/and Garlic on Growth Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Male V-Line Rabbits | ||||
Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
Article 2, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2019, Page 345-350 PDF (894.71 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.67864 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Aya M. Abdel-Rahman1; A. El. M. I. El Desoky1; W. A. Khalil 2; A. Z. Mehrez3 | ||||
1Animal Production Research Institute, Dokki, Giza 12619, Egypt | ||||
2Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. | ||||
3Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of adding ginseng or/and garlic powder in the diet on growth performance, biochemical parameters and carcass traits of growing male rabbits. Weaned V-line male rabbits (n=48) were divided into four groups. They were assigned at random to receive a basal diet without supplementation (control group), supplemented with 50mg Ginseng or/and 5gm Garlic/kg diet. Growth performance parameters were recorded at age intervals from 5-14wk. Serum biochemical and carcass traits were determined at 14wk of age. Results show that dietary fortification with ginseng or/and garlic caused a significant increase (P≤0.05) in live body weight and body weight gain of male rabbits at 14wk old. Rabbits fed the diets supplemented with garlic alone or combined with ginseng displayed significantly better (P≤0.05) means of feed conversion ratio. Rabbits fed the ginseng or garlic plus ginseng-supplemented diets displayed significantly higher (P≤0.05) serum triglycerides and cholesterol levels. On the other hand, rabbits fed garlic or garlic plus ginseng supplemented diets showed significantly lower (P≤0.05) levels of serum low-density lipoprotein. Dietary supplementation with ginseng and garlic singly or in combination did not significantly affect dressing-out percentage, and weights of carcass yield, hind parts and edible organs of rabbits. However, rabbit fed the garlic-fortified diet displayed significantly heavier (P≤0.05) testes than did the control group and other experimental groups. The current study indicated that addition of ginseng or/and garlic powder in the diet increased growth performance without any adverse effect on immunity and carcass traits of growing V-line male rabbits. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Rabbit; Ginseng; Garlic; Growth performance; blood biochemicals; carcass traits | ||||
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