Dietary inclusion of fermented ginger straw effect on the growth performance, gastrointestinal tract development and caecal fermentation of fattening rabbits

Autor: Hai Tao Sun, Yong Wang, Li Ya Bai, Ce Liu, Yun Hua Xu, Shu Xia Gao, Wen Xue Jiang, Li Ping Yang, Gong Yan Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Popis: [EN] This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary inclusion of fermented ginger straw on the growth performance, gastrointestinal tract development and caecal fermentation of fattening rabbits. A total of 160 45-d-old Laiwu black rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups and fed 0% (Control), 5, 10 or 15% fermented ginger straw in their diet as a replacement for peanut straw powder. The trial lasted for 7 d of adaptation and 43 d for testing. Growth performance was recorded from 52 to 95 d of age (n=5 per treatment with 30 rabbits, 3 males and 3 females per replicate), TTAD of nutrients from 91 to 95 d of age, and gastrointestinal tract development, caecum fermentation and carcass traits were determined at 95 d of age (n=5 per treatment with 10 rabbits, 1 males and 1 females in per replicate).The results showed that the average daily gain and final body weight in the experimental groups (5, 10 and 15% fermented ginger straw) were higher than in the control group (P0.05). The current work shows that fermented ginger straw could be used as roughage material in fattening rabbit production up to a dietary dose of 10%.
This study was supported by Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (CARS-43-G-7); Shandong Province Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System (SDAIT-21); Scientific and Technological Problems Project Unveiled by Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SHJB2021-43).
Databáze: OpenAIRE