دورية أكاديمية
Performance of weaner rabbits fed a concentrate diet supplemented with pawpaw leaves.
| العنوان: | Performance of weaner rabbits fed a concentrate diet supplemented with pawpaw leaves. |
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| المؤلفون: | Aderinboye RY; Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Livestock Production, Federal University of Agriculture, P. M. B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, aderinbry@yahoo.com., Oladeji OT, Abaire MA, Sobayo RA, Oso AO, Oni AO, Yusuf KO, Osho SO, Bamgbose AM |
| المصدر: | Tropical animal health and production [Trop Anim Health Prod] 2015 Feb; Vol. 47 (2), pp. 323-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 26. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1277355 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-7438 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00494747 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: 2005- : Heidelberg : Springer Original Publication: Edinburgh, Livingstone. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Animal Feed* , Asimina* , Plant Leaves*, Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ; Animals ; Dietary Supplements ; Male ; Rabbits ; Random Allocation ; Weaning ; Weight Gain |
| مستخلص: | This experiment investigated the performance of weaner rabbits fed concentrate diets supplemented with pawpaw leaves (PPL). Twenty-four male weaner rabbits aged 5 weeks, weighing between 350 and 450 g were used. Concentrate diet was supplemented with PPL in ratios 100:0, 70:30, 50:50 and 30:70. Rabbits were randomly allotted to the four diets in a completely randomised design for 8 weeks, with six rabbits per diet. Results showed that rabbits supplemented with 30 and 50 % PPL had higher (P < 0.05) dry matter intake to sole concentrate. At 70 % PPL, dry matter intake did not vary with other treatments. Weight gain was higher (P < 0.05) in rabbits fed 30 and 50 % PPL than sole concentrate. Rabbits fed 70 % PPL had lower (P < 0.05) weight gain to animals fed 30 % PPL but gained similarly (P > 0.05) to those fed on 50 % PPL and sole concentrate. Feed conversion ratio improved (P < 0.05) in animals fed 30, 50 and 70 % PPL. Rabbits fed 30 % PPL had the highest (P < 0.05) protein efficiency ratio. Rabbits had higher dry matter digestibility (P < 0.05) with PPL supplementation than sole concentrate while crude protein and fibre digestibility was higher with 30 and 50 % PPL. Haematological and serum parameters in rabbits were unaltered with feeding PPL. It is concluded that weaner rabbits can utilise PPL as supplement to concentrate diet at 30 to 70 % dry matter with positive responses in performance and nutrient digestibility without deleterious effect on the physiological status of the rabbits. |
| References: | Asian-Australas J Anim Sci. 2014 Apr;27(4):524-9. (PMID: 25049983) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20141127 Date Completed: 20151009 Latest Revision: 20181202 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-014-0723-1 |
| PMID: | 25425357 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1573-7438 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11250-014-0723-1 |