GROWTH AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, SOME HEMATOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND OXIDATIVE STRESS PARAMETERS, AND CARCASS TRAITS OF SUMMER STRESSED CALIFORNIAN AND CROSSBRED RABBITS AS AFFECTED BY DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF FORMIC ACID

Autor: Tamer M. Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed Omar
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: SLOVENIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH. 56
ISSN: 1580-4003
DOI: 10.26873/svr-811-2019
Popis: The aim of present study was to examine the effect dietary supplementation of formic acid on growth performance, some heamatological, biochemical and oxidative stress parameters as well as carcass traits of summer stressed Californian (CAL) and Californian × Rex (CAL × RX) crossbred rabbits. A total of 60 rabbits 4 weeks old were allotted into 2 × 3 completely randomized design (two genotypes; CAL and CAL × RX and three dietary treatment; 0, 0.3 and 0.5% formic acid).Rabbits were subjected to a temperature of 32±1°C during the experimental period, they were slaughtered at 10 weeks of age and blood samples were collected at slaughtering. Rabbits fed diet with 0.5% formic acid had the higher final body weight ( P
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