Addition of Probiotic to Feeds With Different Energy and Adf Content in Rabbits. 1. Effect on the Digestive Organs

Kermauner, Ajda; Štruklec, M.

doi:10.4995/wrs.1996.293

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“…The present results are consistent with the findings of Kermauner and Struklec (1996) observed that addition of probiotic Acid-Pack-4-way on the diet of rabbit increased (P≤0.05) the dressing percentage and carcass weight. Also, Fathi et al (2017) indicated that supplementation of dietary with probiotic compared to other dietary treatments resulted in a significantly higher percentage of dressing.…”

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Rabbit Growth, Carcass Characteristic, Digestion, Caecal Fermentation, Microflora, and Some Blood Biochemical Components Affected by Oral Administration of Anaerobic Probiotic (Zad®)

Abdel-Azeem

Hassan

Basyony

et al. 2018

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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he current research designed to study the influences of diverse doses of oral administration of anaerobic probiotic (ZAD®) on growth performance, carcass characteristic, digestibility coefficient, caecal activity, microflora and some blood biochemical components of growing rabbits. At 6 weeks (average body weight 539.87±13.35 g), one hundred and eighty weaned male rabbits from New Zealand White (NZW) were randomly distributed to four groups. The control group received orally 0.0 ZAD ® ; the experimental groups administrated orally with 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 ml ZAD ® /rabbit/day, respectively. The experimental period lasted for 8 weeks. Groups 0.25 ZAD ® and 0.5 ZAD ® had improved feed conversion ratio and body weight gain and the lowest mortality rate. In comparison with the control and 1.0 ZAD ® groups, the groups 0.25 ZAD ® and 0.5 ZAD caused a significant increase (P≤0.05) in nitrogen utilization, nutritive value and digestibility coefficients. The different doses of ZAD ® had improved dressing percentage and percentage of edible parts, although parts of total non-edible were decreased (P≤0.001) compared to the group of control. As well as, cecum activity (caecum pH, total volatile fatty acids, acetic, propionic and butyric acid) were improved significantly by administrated orally different doses of probiotic ZAD ® 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 ml/rabbit/day compared with the control group. The opposite trend was observed in ammonia concentration which had been reduced significantly by administrated all doses of ZAD ®. In addition, a total number of anaerobic bacteria were less than those of total microbial count and coliform group but, they have the same trend of decreasing the number as the amount of anaerobic probiotic ZAD ® increased. Also, fermentation of lactobacilli take the opposite trend as the amount of probiotic ZAD ® increased the lactobacilli number increased. As streptococci isolated was lower than lactobacilli group. As the concentration of probiotic ZAD ® increased isolates numbers decreased, also lactobacilli enumeration increased. The serum total protein, albumin, globulin, and albumin: globulin concentration of rabbits received probiotic ZAD ® groups were significantly augmented compared with the group of control. On the contrary, levels of creatinine and urea in rabbit serum were not significantly affected by probiotic oral administration ZAD ®. Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase enzymes of serum were significantly decreased with augmenting levels of ZAD ®. Serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), lipoproteins of low density (LDL), very low-density lipoproteins, triglycerides, total lipids, and LDL: lipoproteins of high density (HDL) ratio were significantly decreased with augmenting levels of ZAD ®. But, the HDL: TC and HDL: LDL ratio augmented significantly with probiotic oral administration ZAD ® levels.

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Section: Carcass Traitssupporting

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Rabbit Growth, Carcass Characteristic, Digestion, Caecal Fermentation, Microflora, and Some Blood Biochemical Components Affected by Oral Administration of Anaerobic Probiotic (Zad®)

Abdel-Azeem

Hassan

Basyony

et al. 2018

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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“…However, Maertens et al (1994) observed that caecal weight was higher in rabbits fed the Paciflor ® (Bacillus) diet. Additionally, Kermauner and Struklec (1996) noted that an effect of 0.5% probiotic Acid Pack 4 Way (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus faecium) was only observed in the decreased proportion of stomach and increased proportion of caecum of gastrointestinal weight.…”

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Effect of diet supplementation with live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth performance, caecal ecosystem and health of growing rabbits

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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the growth performance, caecal ecosystem and overall health of growing rabbits. A control diet was formulated (crude protein: 15.9%; neutral detergent fibre: 31.6%) and another diet obtained by supplementing the control diet with 1 g of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (6.5×10 9 colony-forming units) per kg of diet. Ninety 35-d old rabbits were allotted into 3 groups: TT (rabbits offered the supplemented diet from 17 d of age onwards), CT (rabbits offered supplemented diet from 35 d) and CC (rabbits fed non-supplemented diet). Body weight (BW) and feed intake were measured weekly and mortality was controlled daily. At 35, 42 and 77 d of age, 6 rabbits from each group were slaughtered and digestive physiological traits, serum clinical chemistry parameters, fermentation traits, and the composition of caecal microbiota examined. At 42 and 56 d of age, 10 rabbits from each group were injected intraperitoneally with 100 µg/animal of ovalbumin and blood samples were collected for examination of plasma immunological parameters. Throughout the experiment (5-11 wk), weight gain and feed intake (37.8 and 112.6 g/d, on av.) were not affected by yeast, except for weight gain in the first week after weaning, which was the highest in TT animals among the 3 groups (48.1 vs. 43.9 and 44.2 g/d for TT, CC and CT, respectively; P=0.012). This may be due to the increased trend in feed intake (P=0.072) in the TT group (96.4 g/d) compared to the others. Mortality (5/90) was low and did not differ among the 3 groups. Treatments had no effect on slaughter traits at the 3 sampling dates (35, 42 and 77 d). Only the weight of the empty caecum (% BW) was higher (P=0.02) in CC (2.2%) and CT (2.3%) than in TT group (1.8%) at 77 d of age. Treatments did not overtly affect the caecal microbiota, although the number of total anaerobic bacteria and Bacteroides were lower (10 8 and 10 7 /g caecal digesta, respectively) in rabbits from CC group compared to those of CT and TT groups at 42 d of age (P=0.03). No difference between groups was observed for caecal short chain fatty acids profile, blood traits, or IgG and cytokine profile. In conclusion, supplementation of feed with yeast did not modify growth traits and resulted in only a temporary increase in weight gain and a slightly altered caecal microbiota after weaning.

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“…Inversely with previous findings, Maertens et al (1994) observed that caecal weight was higher in rabbits fed the Paciflor ® (Bacillus) diet. Additionally, Kermauner and Struklec (1996) noted that an effect of 0.5% probiotic Acid Pack Way (L. acidophilus, and Streptococcus faecium) was only observed in the decreased proportion of stomach and increased proportion of caecum of gastrointestinal weight. Thus, the contradictory results in the literature could be explained by differences in experimental design concerning breeding conditions, breed of rabbit, weaning age, composition of diet and strain, dose and period of administration of microorganisms used, as well as the hygienic levels during the experimental period.…”

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Effect of Stocking Density with Supplementation Probiotic on Productive and Economical Performance in Local Growing Rabbits

Beshara

Ragab

Desoky

et al. 2019

Journal of Animal and Poultry Production

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An indoor experiment with factorial design (3 × 2) was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of dietary Saltose Ex ® probiotic on productive performance and economic efficiency parameters of growing black Balady rabbits reared under different stocking density (SD) rates for 7 weeks. A total of 72 rabbits (7 weeks old) were divided into six treatments. The experimental treatments were being as follow; T 1 : rabbits fed basal diet (BD) + 0.0 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 3 rabbits / cage, T 2 : rabbits fed BD + 0.4 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 3 rabbits / cage, T 3 : rabbits fed BD + 0.0 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 4 rabbits / cage, T 4 : rabbits fed BD + 0.4 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 4 rabbits / cage, T 5 : rabbits fed BD + 0.0 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 5 rabbits / cage and T 6 : rabbits fed BD + 0.4 g probiotic / Kg diet and reared under SD of 5 rabbits / cage during the period from 7 to 14 weeks of age. The obtained results revealed that addition of 0.4 g Saltose Ex ® /Kg diet not only alleviated the drastic effects of high SD on rabbits, but also significantly improved of growth performance, nutrients utilization, carcass quality traits, microbial activity, hematological parameters, besides it led to slightly increased of economic efficiency parameters of growing rabbits especially those reared under high SD (5 rabbits / cage). Thus, it could be concluded the addition of 0.4 g Saltose Ex ® / Kg diet had useful and practical effects on performance of growing black Balady rabbits reared under high stocking density, specifically reared in cages.

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Addition of Probiotic to Feeds With Different Energy and Adf Content in Rabbits. 1. Effect on the Digestive Organs

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Rabbit Growth, Carcass Characteristic, Digestion, Caecal Fermentation, Microflora, and Some Blood Biochemical Components Affected by Oral Administration of Anaerobic Probiotic (Zad®)

Rabbit Growth, Carcass Characteristic, Digestion, Caecal Fermentation, Microflora, and Some Blood Biochemical Components Affected by Oral Administration of Anaerobic Probiotic (Zad®)

Effect of diet supplementation with live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth performance, caecal ecosystem and health of growing rabbits

Effect of Stocking Density with Supplementation Probiotic on Productive and Economical Performance in Local Growing Rabbits

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