Carcass and meat quality of rabbits fed Tithonia tubaeformis weed

Zepeda‐Bastida, Armando; Ayala-Martínez, Maricela; Soto-Simental, Sergio

doi:10.1590/rbz4820190074

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“…pH values determined in this study did not change in result by feeding rabbits with amaranth oilcake which is in agreement with data by Molina et al (2018),Manciniet al (2018; however, in other studies reported of increase in meat рН for rabbits that were fed with natural plant fodder additives (Cullereet al, 2016;Zepeda-Bastida et al, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Impact of Amaranthus hypochondriacus in nutrition for rabbits on meat quality

Shevchik

Duda

Gavrilina

et al. 2021

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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Unique properties of Amaranthus hypochondriacus have been extensively utilized in the recent time worldwide both in food technologies and husbandry. An intensive growth of Amaranthus hypochondriacus plants has been made in Ukraine there and, respectively, production of foods based on amaranth is growing, however no research on its use for feeding rabbits is available. Therefore, the study aimed to review the impact of Amaranthus hypochondriacus on slaughter features of rabbits, meat quality including those under storage conditions. The California race rabbits of 60 days age were divided into two groups, 28 animals in each. The rabbits in the study group were fed (by adding to the basal diet) with 20% of amaranth oilcake. The rabbits were slaughtered at age of 120 days. The following key features of meat output and quality performance were determined: pH, moisture content, water-holding capacity, cooking losses, protein and cholesterol content as well as change in pH, microorganisms count, and moisture loss percentage during 9-day storage in chilled state. Amaranthus hypochondriacus effect on the rabbit live weight, hot carcass weight, dressing out percentage, percentage ratio of heart, kidney, liver, lung weight to carcass weight, рН, moisture content, water-holding capacity, and meat morphological structure was determined. Reduction in cholesterol level by 15.07% (р < 0.05) in the meat of rabbits that were fed with Amaranthus hypochondriacus was detected. pH and drip loss percentage were not significantly different among the groups in the shelf-life period. However, it was found out that growth of microorganisms in the meat of rabbits that were fed with Amaranthus hypochondriacus was slowed down: microorganisms count was 1.65 and 1.71 (р < 0.05) times lower than in the control group on the 6th and 9th days of storage, accordingly. The low-cholesterol and bacteriostatic effects of amaranth oilcake in the rabbit nutrition may significantly increase dietary properties of rabbit meat. Use of amaranth oilcake for rabbit fattening has great potential and further studies including the mechanism of antibacterial effect of A. hypochondriacus on the rabbit meat are required

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Impact of Amaranthus hypochondriacus in nutrition for rabbits on meat quality

Shevchik

Duda

Gavrilina

et al. 2021

J Hellenic Vet Med Soc

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“…Ibrahim et al (2011), using 0.75% ginger in rabbit feed, andMancini et al (2018), using 4 g and 8 g of ginger in the diet, reported no effects of ginger treatment on carcass quality. Although several other plants have been used in rabbit feed in previous studies, in general, no effects on carcass quality have been found Zepeda-Bastida et al (2019). found that Tithonia tubaeformis in rabbit feed increased kidney size relative to that of controls; similarly, we found that dietary ginger increased kidney size Ayala-Martínez et al (2020).…”

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“…Various medicinal plants have been investigated as potential dietary sources of bioactive compounds with antioxidant or antimicrobial activity or as nutritional additives or supplements (Zeng et al, 2015;Dalle Zotte et al, 2016). These plants include ginger (Bhandari et al, 1988;Ibrahim et al, 2011;Mancini et al, 2018;Abdel-Gabbar et al, 2019), epazote (García-Vázquez et al, 2020), Tithonia tubaeformis (Zepeda-Bastida et al, 2019), bilberry pomace (Dabbou et al, 2017), oregano, rosemary (which contains vitamin E; Cardinali et al, 2015), onion, bilberry, and strawberry and their extracts (Kone et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of Zingiber officinale as a feed additive on productive parameters, carcass quality, and meat quality in growing rabbits

Ocampo-López¹,

García-Vázquez²,

Ayala-Martínez³

et al. 2022

Revista Brasileira De Zootecnia

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of ginger as an additive in the diet of fattening rabbits. Sixty weaned rabbits (35 days old) were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 15). Animals were fed ad libitum with a control diet or one of three experimental diets supplemented with 0.5, 1, and 2 g of ginger per 100 g of feed during 28 d. Weight gain in the final week of the experiment was significantly greater in rabbits fed ginger at 0.5 g/100 g of feed than in those fed ginger at 1 and 2 g/100 g of feed or the control diet. No significant differences in morphometric measurements were observed among the treatments, but higher values of live weight, carcass length, and carcass circumference were observed in rabbits treated with ginger than in those fed the control diet. Regarding carcass quality parameters involving the kidneys and empty gastrointestinal tract, we found that rabbits treated with ginger at 0.5 g/100 g of feed showed significant differences from those treated with ginger at 1 and 2 g/100 g of feed or the control diet. pH, water holding capacity, L*, and a* did not significantly differ among the treatments, although greater water holding capacity was observed in rabbits treated with ginger than in control rabbits. Parameter b* was significantly higher in rabbits fed ginger at 2 g/100 g of feed than in those fed at 0.5 and 1 g/100 g of feed and in the control. The results found suggest that ginger can be used as an additive in diets of fattening rabbits.

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“…Rabbit production is a potential solution to the meat deficiency problem of meat deficiency due to its unique characteristics as a prolific and highly nutritious animal with low cholesterol content of meat [1], which requires working on increasing their production without harmful effects on them. [2] indicated that scientists are now occupied by introducing unconventional natural feed supplements into diets of livestock, which can play an important role in improving animal and chicken production and health.…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of lipid profile, antioxidant and immunity statuses of rabbits fed Moringa oleifera leaves

Salem

Elsebai

Elnagar

et al. 2020

Asian-Australas J Anim Sci

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Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of Moringa oleifera leaves (MOL) on blood hematology, lipid profile and immunity status of growing rabbits. Methods: A total of 120, unsexed Alexandria line weaned rabbits, at 4 weeks of age were randomly divided into four groups (30 rabbits each). The first group was fed the control diet and the other groups (2-4) were fed the basal diet supplemented with 10, 20 or 30% MOL for 5 weeks of experimental period. Results: Data revealed that dietary supplementation with 20% MOL recorded the highest live body weight and increased hemoglobin and packed cell volume significantly at 9 weeks of age compared to other groups. Increasing Moringa levels resulted in a significant increase in white blood cells, lymphocytes, globulin and high density lipoprotein, total antioxidant capacity, Immunoglobulin G and M levels compared to control, but, total lipids, cholesterol, malondialdehyde and liver glycogen values decreased significantly. With 20% MOL thymus histology showed an outer cortex of small lymphocytes, heavily-stained densely-packed lymphocytes surrounding the inner marrow clear pale medulla in contrast with other groups. Conclusion: It can be concluded that 20% Moringa leaves may exert beneficial effects on lipid, antioxidant and immunity statuses properties of growing rabbits.

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Carcass and meat quality of rabbits fed Tithonia tubaeformis weed

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Impact of Amaranthus hypochondriacus in nutrition for rabbits on meat quality

Impact of Amaranthus hypochondriacus in nutrition for rabbits on meat quality

Effects of Zingiber officinale as a feed additive on productive parameters, carcass quality, and meat quality in growing rabbits

Evaluation of lipid profile, antioxidant and immunity statuses of rabbits fed Moringa oleifera leaves

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