Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on performance of growing rabbits under egyptian conditions

Other Title(s)

تأثير إضافة حمض الاسكوربك على أداء النمو في الأرانب النامية تحت الظروف المصرية

Joint Authors

Khalil, Bakri Abd al-Ghani
al-Saghir, Adham Abd Allah
Abd al-Munim, Usamah Muhammad
Ahmad, Islam al-Shahhat Sayyid

Source

Zagazig Journal for Agricultural Researches

Issue

Vol. 45, Issue 1 (28 Feb. 2018), pp.363-373, 11 p.

Publisher

Zagazig University Faculty of Agriculture

Publication Date

2018-02-28

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Zoology

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of the dietary supplementation with different levels of ascorbic acid on growth performance, nutrients digestibility, and carcass traits of growing rabbits under summer and winter conditions in Egypt.

Factorial design experiment (2 × 4) was carried out including two seasons (winter and summer) and four levels of ascorbic acid 0.0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 g /kg diet.

Results indicated that growth performance, daily feed intake, nutrients digestibility, nutritive values, hemoglobin, hematocrit, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Red blood cell counts, dressing (%) and organs (liver, kidney and heart) weight were significantly decreased at summer season compared with winter season.

In contrast, ascorbic acid supplementation caused a significant increase in growth performance indices, organic matter (OM) digestibility, some blood parameters i.e., aspirate amino transferase (ALT, AST, urea, total protein and albumin) of growing rabbits.

However, ascorbic acid supplementation showed insignificant effects in dressing percentage and relative weights of liver, kidney, heart, lung and spleen.

On the other hand, the economical evaluation in this study showed that using of 0.5 or 1g ascorbic acid/kg diet in winter season and 0.5 g ascorbic acid/kg in summer season in the growing rabbit diets was more economical than the other treatment groups.

Conclusively, the results revealed that fortification of rabbit diets with ascorbic acid especially level of 0.5 g / kg diet, economically, could enhance the growth performance of growing rabbit during mild and hot climate in Egypt.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Ahmad, Islam al-Shahhat Sayyid& Abd al-Munim, Usamah Muhammad& al-Saghir, Adham Abd Allah& Khalil, Bakri Abd al-Ghani. 2018. Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on performance of growing rabbits under egyptian conditions. Zagazig Journal for Agricultural Researches،Vol. 45, no. 1, pp.363-373.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Ahmad, Islam al-Shahhat Sayyid…[et al.]. Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on performance of growing rabbits under egyptian conditions. Zagazig Journal for Agricultural Researches Vol. 45, no. 1 (2018), pp.363-373.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Ahmad, Islam al-Shahhat Sayyid& Abd al-Munim, Usamah Muhammad& al-Saghir, Adham Abd Allah& Khalil, Bakri Abd al-Ghani. Effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on performance of growing rabbits under egyptian conditions. Zagazig Journal for Agricultural Researches. 2018. Vol. 45, no. 1, pp.363-373.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-938544

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-938544