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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Effect of Adding the Antimicrobial L-Carnitine to Growing Rabbits' Drinking Water on Growth Efficiency, Hematological, Biochemical, and Carcass Aspects.

Mohamed I Hassan, Naela Abdel-Monem, Ayman Moawed Khalifah, Saber S Hassan, Hossam Shahba, Ahmad R Alhimaidi, In Ho Kim, Hossam M El-Tahan

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors.

Mohamed I HassanLivestock Research Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab 21934, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-6620-803X
Naela Abdel-MonemPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21625, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-3317-7828
Ayman Moawed KhalifahLivestock Research Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab 21934, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8784-9730
Saber S HassanAnimal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22511, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4494-3241
Hossam ShahbaAnimal Production Research Institute (APRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 12611, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0002-7228-2732
Ahmad R AlhimaidiDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
In Ho KimDepartment of Animal Biotechnology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6652-2504
Hossam M El-TahanAnimal Production Research Institute (APRI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 12611, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5511-7546

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study was designed to assess the impact of L-carnitine (LC) supplementation in the drinking water of growing Alexandria-line rabbits on performance and physiological parameters. Two hundred eighty-eight 35-day-old rabbits were divided into four groups of twenty-four replicates each (seventy-two rabbits/treatment). The treatment groups were a control group without LC and three groups receiving 0.5, 1, and 1.5 g/L LC in the drinking water intermittently. The results showed that the group receiving 0.5 g LC/L exhibited significant improvements in final body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and performance index compared to the other groups. The feed intake remained unaffected except for the 1.5 g LC/L group, which had significantly decreased intake. Hematological parameters improved in all supplemented groups. Compared with those in the control group, the 0.5 g LC/L group showed significant increases in serum total protein and high-density lipoprotein, along with decreased cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein. Compared to other supplemented groups, this group also demonstrated superior carcass traits (carcass, dressing, giblets, and percentage of nonedible parts). In conclusion, intermittent supplementation of LC in the drinking water, particularly at 0.5 g/L twice a week, positively influenced the productivity, hematology, serum lipid profile, and carcass traits of Alexandria-line growing rabbits at 84 days of age.

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Alexandria-line rabbitscarcasscarnitinehematologylipid profileproductive performance

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