Effect of Some Medicinal Plant Wastes on Rabbit Performance, Digestibility and Nitrogen Balance

Abstract

total number of 42 growing crossbred rabbits of both sexes at 6 weeks of age (with an average body weight 750±50g) were randomly divided into 7 equal groups to evaluate the growth performance as affected by medicinal plant wastes. Rabbits were fed control (AH) diet and 6 experimental diets contained the wastes of moringa (M), cassava (C) and tartofa (T) hay meal at two levels (10 and 15%) for each for a period of 8 weeks. Digestibility of nutrients and nitrogen balance were also evaluated. The results obtained showed that chemical composition of moringa hay meal (M), cassava hay meal (C), tartofa hay meal (T) and alfalfa hay (AH) were; DM 93, 91, 87 and 92% for M, C, T and AH, respectively. The corresponding values of OM were 89, 90.8, 91.25 and 84.42%. The hays of the medicinal plant wastes had less CP than AH being 7.63, 7.7, 6.75 vs. 17.51%. Moringa hay contains more CF (20.75%) than both cassava (10.18%) and tartofa (7.15%); alfalfa hay, however, contains the highest value of CF (24.1%). The proximate analysis of the experimental diets showed iso-caloric and almost iso-nitrogenous values of these diets. No significant differences on average body weight. Total body weight gain was

Effect of Adding Moringa Leave-Extract to Growing Rabbits Ratins on Performance, Cecal Microbial Activity and Blood Parameters تأثير إضافة مستخلص أوراق المورينجا لعلائق الارانب النامية على الأداء الانتاجى والنشاط الميکروبي للأعور وبعض خصائص الدم

“…Abubaker et al (2015) evaluated the effect of feeding graded levels of Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) in diets on growth performance of weaned rabbits and found that daily weight gain (5.95 -13.39 g /day) increased with increasing levels of MOLM in diets. Abdel-Rahman et al (2018) reported almost similar values of total gain and ADG for growing NZW rabbits when they were fed diets containing medicinal plants wastes at different levels. Hashem et al (2019) studied the effects of Moringa oleifera leaf ethanolic extract (MLEE), moringa root ethanolic extract (MREE) on growth performance of growing rabbit, final BW and over all feed conversion ratios improved by adding MLEE and MREE compared to the control treatments.…”

Effect of Moringa Olifera Leaves and Seeds Supplementation on Semen Characteristics, Testes and Epididymis Biometry and Some Blood Paramaters in Barki Rams.

“…Moringa oleifera (MO) is one of thirteen known species belonging to the family Moringaceae that grows in many countries (Olson, 2002, Cuellar-Nuñez et al, 2018, and is a good source of high-quality feed for farm animals such as cattle, buffalo, rabbits, goats and sheep (Fahey, 2005;Nayel, 2021 andSyarifuddin et al, 2022). In addition, its , various parts have beneficial properties and are recognized as nutritional and medicinal value (Abdel-Rahman et al, 2018;Dhakad et al, 2019 andLiang et al, 2019). Several chemical compounds have been isolated from Moringa leaves such as flavonoids, phenolic acid, glucosinolates, and isothiocyanates, as well as possessing many biological activities, including hypocholesterolemic, antidiabetic, (Anwar et al, 2007, Bichi, 2013, Baldisserotto et al, 2018Dhakad et al, 2019and Nayel, 2021.…”

Production of Flavors from Agro waste of Ocimumbasilicum L. by Different Microorganisms Using Solid State Fermentation

“…Based on its bioactive constituents and the cultivation environment, sweet basil is classified into four main chemotypes: methyl chavicol, linalool, methyl eugenol, and methyl cinnamate. Meanwhile, other researchers have shown the application of basil wastes in feed, composting mixtures, and biogas production [23,24,25]. According to Adel et al [26,27], the Egyptian Ocimumbasilicum L. represents the methyl chavicol-linalool chemotype with higher antioxidant activity.…”