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English :
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Effect of replacement of barley grains by sugar beet pulp in growing rabbit rations
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Arabic :
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تأثير احلال تفل بنجر السكر محل حبوب الشعير في علائق الارانب النامية
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| Abstract |
Forty five of weaning New Zealand White (NZW) Rabbits, six weeks old with an average live body weight (BW) of 757 g were randomly distributed into five equal groups (nine rabbits each). Rabbits were fed five formulated experimental rations. The 1st ration (R1) was used as a control and contained: 14% clover hay + 8 % bean straw + 20 % wheat bran + 10 % yellow corn + 20 % barley + 22 % soybean meal + 3 % sugar cane molasses + 1.20 % limestone + 0.5 % sodium chloride + 1 % calcium diphosphate + 0.3 % mineral-vitamins mixture. Sugar beet pulp (SSP) was used to replace barley grains at levels of 25, 50, 75, and 100 % in the other four experimental rations, R2, R3, R4, and R5, respectively.
The results of the present study revealed that the apparent digestibility coefficients of all nutrients and feeding value of the ration expressed as TDN, ME, and DCP were not differed significantly (P<0.05) by substitution of barley grains at different levels of SBP up to 20% of the total ration.
Blood serum levels of glucose, total protein and globulin tended to be lower (P<0.05), whereas levels of urea-N, uric acid, creatinine, cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and alkaline phosphatase trended to higher (P<0.05) with increasing level of SBP in the ration. The AST and ALT levels activities were decreased when feeding on SBP rations compared with the control. Growth performance parameters at 13 weeks of age, including live body weight, body weight gain and feed conversion rate were not significantly affected by feeding different levels of SBP in the ration.
Carcass traits expressed as dressing and hot carcass (%) were statistically similar in all rabbit groups. Economic efficiency was the highest with those rabbits fed rations containing SBP up to 15 – 20. %
Dried sugar beet pulp (SBP) is considered a good alternative source of energy and can be included lip to 20 % of the total balanced ration of growing rabbits to replace 100 % of the barley grains without any adverse effects on growth performance.
Key words: Sugar beet pulp, barley grains, digestibility and carcass characteristics.
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| Publication year |
2008
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| Pages |
99-116
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| Availability location |
معهد بحوث الانتاج الحيوانى- شارع نادى الصيد- الدقى- الجيزة
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| Organization Name |
Animal Production Research Institute (APRI)
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| serial title |
Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science
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| ISSN |
1110-2594
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| Author(s) from ARC |
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| External authors (outside ARC) |
محمد محمد الشناوى
جامعة المنصورة
ترك محمد ابراهيم درة
جامعة المنصورة
ايمان حنفى محمود مقلد
جامعة المنصورة
احمد ماهر امين صادق
جامعة المنصورة
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| Agris Categories |
Animal feeding
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AGROVOC
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Barley.
Carcasses.
Digestibility.
Growth period.
Rabbits.
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| Proposed Agrovoc |
sugar beet pulp;Sugar beet pulp;
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Journal
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