Effects of dietary seaweed (<i>Ulva lactuca</i>) supplementation on the reproductive performance of buck and doe rabbits

Okab, Aly B.; Samara, Emad M.; Abdoun, Khalid A.; Rafay, J.; Ondruška, Ľubomír; Parkányi, V.; Pivko, J.; Ayoub, Mohammed Akli; Alhaidary, A.; Aljumaah, Riyadh S.; Massányi, Peter; Lukáč, Norbert

doi:10.1080/09712119.2013.783479

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“…Contrary to them, the FG breeders might rather prefer litters with few bigger kits, bearing in mind that the finest and the biggest rabbits originate from small litters, planned at the beginning of the year (Bolet et al 2004). Furthermore, the reproductive performance of buck and doe rabbits can be modified to some extent by diets (Okab et al 2013).…”

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A comparison of selected performance indicators, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance parameters in Californian and Flemish Giant rabbits

Strychalski

Gugołek

Daszkiewicz

et al. 2014

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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Medium rabbit breeds such as Californian (CAL) are generally regarded as most suitable for meat production on commercial farms. Despite the increasing scale of production, commercial rabbit breeding has not replaced traditional and organic small-scale farming systems which use various rabbit breeds and hybrids. The Flemish Giant (FG), the largest rabbit breed in the world, is widely used in small household farms. According to researchers, the progeny of FG does have a relatively high weaning weight, and bucks are deemed good paternal components in commercial crossing. The aim of this study was to compare rearing rate, body weight, daily gains, carcass dressing percentage and the percentage of primal cuts in the carcass in CAL and FG rabbits. Nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance and nitrogen retention parameters were also compared in the studied breeds. In our study, CAL rabbits were characterised by better reproductive performance in comparison with FG rabbits. Despite the above, the observed daily gain values, daily nitrogen balance and retention parameters and carcass dressing percentages of the compared breeds suggest that FGs may be a good alternative to medium breeds such as CAL rabbits.

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A comparison of selected performance indicators, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance parameters in Californian and Flemish Giant rabbits

Strychalski

Gugołek

Daszkiewicz

et al. 2014

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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“…Semen samples (n=5) in five replicates were collected on a single day (early in the morning) with the help of artificial vagina (Krockova et al 2012, Parkanyi et al 2015. Immediately after collection the individual doses of semen exhibiting a white color without presence of any gel and artificial particles, were mixed together to obtain pooled sample.…”

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Time and Dose-Dependent Effects of Viscum Album Quercus on Rabbit Spermatozoa Motility and Viability in Vitro

Halo

Massányi²,

Greń³

et al. 2019

Physiol Res

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The target of this study was to evaluate the effect of extract of the European mistletoe -Viscum album quercus L. on spermatozoa motility and viability in vitro. The CASA system was used to determine the spermatozoa motility parameters at different time intervals (0, 1, 2 and 3 h) and spermatozoa viability was determined in five different doses of Viscum album quercus L [10 (QA), 6.6 (QB), 3.3 (QC), 2.5 (QD) and 2 (QE) mg/ml]. Results in experimental groups detected a significant deterioration on rabbit spermatozoa after 1, 2 and 3 hours, compared to the control. The initial total spermatozoa motility showed increased value for all doses of Viscum album quercus in comparison to control. After in vitro culture a dose-dependent decrease (QA: reduction of 69.7 %, QB: reduction of 40.9 %) was found. For the progressive spermatozoa most significant decrease (86.8 % for QA vs. 48.5 % for QB) was detected compared to the control after 3 hours of culture. Spermatozoa viability (MTT test) was decreased in all experiment groups at the end of experiment, but the differences were not significant.Significant alterations of membrane integrity were found in groups with the highest Viscum album quercus concentration (QA, QB), but acrosome integrity showed no significant changes. Results suggest negative dose-and time-dependent effect ofViscum album quercus at higher doses on spermatozoa motility and viability parameters in vitro.

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“…Seaweeds have high carbohydrate, protein, fiber, vitamin, and mineral contents [4][5][6]. High mineral content makes it a potential additive to animal feedstuffs for replacing a part or whole of the mineral supplementation.…”

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Nutritional Evaluation of Seaweed on Nutrient Digestibility, Nitrogen Balance, Milk Production and Composition in Sahiwal Cows

Singh

Chopra

Nanda

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci.

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Twelve lactating Sahiwal cows were divided into three equal groups on the basis of milk yield (mean 8.39 L/day), parity and body weight. All the animals were fed concentrate mixture along with wheat straw and green oats (Concentrate mixture and roughages as 50:50; green oat and wheat straw as 60:40) as total mixed ration for 126 days. While group T1 was fed ration consisting of concentrate mixture without any additional mineral mixture and common salt, group T2 had 2 % mineral mixture and 1 % salt in their concentrate mixture and group T3 had 20 % seaweed (Sargassum wightii) in their concentrate mixture without additional mineral mixture and salt. A metabolism trial of 7 days collection period was conducted on all the experimental animals after 56 days of experiment. The results showed that there were no significant changes in nutrient intake and digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fibre and ether extract. Similarly, there were no significant changes in milk composition (protein, fat, lactose, solid-not-fat) in different treatment groups. However, seaweed supplemented group had significantly (P \ 0.05) higher milk yield and 4 % fat corrected milk yield than the other groups. Thus, incorporation of brown seaweed in the diet of lactating Sahiwal cows to the extent of 20 % in concentrate mixture increased their milk yield.

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Effects of dietary seaweed (Ulva lactuca) supplementation on the reproductive performance of buck and doe rabbits

Cited by 34 publications

References 22 publications

A comparison of selected performance indicators, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance parameters in Californian and Flemish Giant rabbits

A comparison of selected performance indicators, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance parameters in Californian and Flemish Giant rabbits

Time and Dose-Dependent Effects of Viscum Album Quercus on Rabbit Spermatozoa Motility and Viability in Vitro

Nutritional Evaluation of Seaweed on Nutrient Digestibility, Nitrogen Balance, Milk Production and Composition in Sahiwal Cows

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