Growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, caecal fermentation, ileal morphology and caecal microflora of growing rabbits fed diets containing probiotics and prebiotics

Oso, A.O.; Idowu, O. M. O.; Haastrup, A.S.; Ajibade, A.J.; Olowonefa, K.O.; Aluko, A.O.; Ogunade, I. M.; Osho, S.O.; Bamgbose, A. M.

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2013.06.017

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“…Similar results on the positive effect of probiotics on growth performances have been reported by Oso et al (2013), who concluded that the highest (P<0.05) final live weight and weight gain of growing rabbits were recorded when they fed diet containing Prebiotic (MOS at 1.0 g/kg feed) when compared to those rabbits fed on arabixonylans oligosaccharides (Axe 1.0 g/kg feed) or Probiotic (Prediococcus acidilactis as 1×1010 cfu/g; 0.5g/kg feed or Bacillus Cereus as 1×109 cfu/g; 0.5 g/kg feed) or even other dietary combinations, moreover Kritas et al (2008) showed that probiotic-treated rabbits were heavier than control group (54 g and 123 g) at the end of the growing and finishing phases, respectively, with higher average daily gain and better feed conversion ratio (p<0.05 ), in addition Sarat Chandra et al (2015) reported that supplying diet with probiotics had a positive effect on body weight gain of weaning rabbits (28 days) in New Zealand white , Grey Giant , and Flemish Giant .…”

Section: Weekly Body Weight and Weight Gainsupporting

confidence: 89%

The Effect of Symbiotic Drenching Mixture on the Ingestive Behavior, Productive Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Rabbits

Hassan¹

2018

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Key words:Rabbits, symbiotic, ingestive behavior, blood biochemical, growth performance.Stressors that originated from intensive housing of young rabbits during the growing period have bad effects on rabbit performance and health status. A total of forty-five apparently healthy New Zealand White rabbits were used to investigate the effect of drenching of symbiotic mixture on the behavior, productive performance, blood biochemistry and carcass criteria of growing rabbits. They were allocated into two groups} 1st: control (n=21) and 2ed treated) (n=24) and both groups were housed under conventional cage system. The treated group was weekly drenched by 40mg/rabbit/day (200g/1000liter) symbiotic mixture which was dissolved in 5ml distilled water, while the control group received only 5ml distilled water through the drench and all solutions were at room temperature. Video recording of behaviors were done weekly, in addition to determination of rabbit's body weight and feed intake. At the end of the experiment 10 rabbits from each group were slaughtered for blood biochemical analysis and carcass traits evaluation. The obtained results revealed that there was a significant increase in body weight and body weight gain of the drenched group than control one, however, the feed intake, feed conversion ratio and performance index were decreased in the treated rabbits. Drenched rabbits have a significant (P≤0.05) higher total proteins, albumin, and globulin and AL/GL ratio than control groups. The behavior of treated animals showed a significant (P≤0.05) increase in feeding duration (min.) and drinking frequency and duration (min.). This study concluded that drenching of growing rabbits a symbiotic mixture results in improvement of their ingestive behavior, performance and blood biochemical parameters.

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Section: Weekly Body Weight and Weight Gainsupporting

confidence: 89%

The Effect of Symbiotic Drenching Mixture on the Ingestive Behavior, Productive Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Rabbits

Hassan¹

2018

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“…Ezema and Eze (2010) and Bhatt et al (2017) reported that probiotics had a positive effect on feed intake of growing rabbits. Oso et al (2013) found that rabbits fed probiotic-supplemented diets had significantly higher feed intake compared with their control counterparts. Table 5 shows the effect of feed additives on feed conversion of NZW rabbits.…”

Section: Feed Intakementioning

confidence: 95%

“…Ezema and Eze (2010) and Bhatt et al (2017) indicted that dietary supplementation with probiotics had positive effect on feed conversion ratio of rabbits. Oso et al (2013) suggested that the improvement in feed efficiency of rabbits in response to feeding probiotic-supplemented diets could be explained by increasing the beneficial microflora in the gut and improving nutrient digestion and absorption.…”

Section: Feed Intakementioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Dietary Additives on Rabbit Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Constituents under Egyptation Summer Season

Sherif¹

2017

JAS

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Sixty 7-week-old New Zealand White rabbits were randomly distributed into 5 equal experimental groups. The experimental rabbits were fed the tested diets till 14 weeks of age during summer season. The basal diet without feed additives (control; T1) and the other experimental diets were supplemented with enzymes at 0.5 g/kg (T2), organic acids at 1.0 g/kg (T3), β-pro at 0.2 g/kg (T4) or their combination (T5). The criteria of response were body weight, weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, some blood constituents, carcass traits and economic efficiency. The obtained results can be summarized as follows: Positive effects of feed additives were observed on live body weight, daily weight gain and feed conversion of growing rabbits. There were no significant effects on blood parameters or carcass traits due to feed additives. It can be concluded that dietary β-pro (enzymes+probiotics) or a combination of enzymes, organic acids and β-pro at the tested levels can be used to improve the rabbit performance, with no adverse effects on carcass characteristics or blood parameters.

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“…The ban on antibiotic growth promoters in animal diets by the European Union has led to exploratory research into their alternatives on a natural basis. The use of probiotics, prebiotics, bacteriocins, herbal extracts or organic acids showed promising results in enteric disease prevention, enhancement of growth performance, carcass quality, and immune response in rabbits (Matusevicius et al 2004;Falcao-e-Cunha et al 2007;Kritas et al 2008;Pogany Simonova et al 2009;Oso et al 2013). It is well known that probiotic supplementation improves growth rate, enhances efficiency of feed conversion in rabbits, and also influences the intestinal microbiota through the action of beneficial microbes (Pogany Simonova et al 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The stable or improved intestinal environment and gut health directly influence the health status and growth performance of animals due to better nutrient absorption in the gut. Although there are several scientific reports about the interaction between natural additives and the immune system in rabbits (Cardinali et al 2008;Szaboova et al 2012;Pogany Simonova doi: 10.17221/8559-CJAS et al 2013), their effect on the rabbit intestinal morphology and intestinal barrier function has not been documented sufficiently (Oso et al 2013). For this reason, the effects of bacteriocinogenic probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium CCM7420 on the growth performance and the jejunal morphology in rabbits were studied.…”

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Effect of rabbit-origin enterocin-producing probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium CCM7420 application on growth performance and gut morphometry in rabbits

Simonová¹,

Lauková²,

Žitňan³

et al. 2015

Czech J. Anim. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:The interactions between probiotic bacteria and the immune system in animals are known, but particularly in rabbits have not been sufficiently documented. Therefore the present study deals with the effect of the enterocin-producing probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium CCM7420 on the growth performance and jejunal morphometry in rabbits. Forty-eight weaned rabbits of male sex (NZB breed) at 5 weeks of age were randomly divided into experimental (EF) and control group (CG) with 24 rabbits in each group. Each day of the treatment period (21 days), the rabbits in the EF group were administered a fresh culture of the E. faecium CCM7420 strain (5.0 × 10 8 CFU/animal/day in their drinking water); for the next 21 days after probiotic cessation the rabbits had untreated drinking water (the whole experiment lasted for 42 days). All animals had access to water ad libitum. Three animals from each group were randomly selected for slaughter at days 21 and 42 of the experiment to measure morphological parameters (villus height (VH), crypt depth (CD), VH : CD ratio) of the intestinal tissue in the proximal jejunum. The average daily gain was higher in EF group (39.49 g) than in CG (39.04 g). The jejunum VH, surface area, and VH : CD ratio increased, while CD decreased in EF group compared to CG. Inferring from these results, we conclude that administration of E. faecium CCM7420 strain to rabbits may improve weight gain due to better utilization of feed and larger absorption surface in the gut and also may positively influence the health status via enhancing the gut health in rabbits.

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Growth performance, apparent nutrient digestibility, caecal fermentation, ileal morphology and caecal microflora of growing rabbits fed diets containing probiotics and prebiotics

Cited by 47 publications

References 38 publications

The Effect of Symbiotic Drenching Mixture on the Ingestive Behavior, Productive Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Rabbits

The Effect of Symbiotic Drenching Mixture on the Ingestive Behavior, Productive Performance, Blood Biochemical Parameters and Carcass Traits of Growing Rabbits

Effect of Dietary Additives on Rabbit Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Constituents under Egyptation Summer Season

Effect of rabbit-origin enterocin-producing probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium CCM7420 application on growth performance and gut morphometry in rabbits

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