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ArticleTropical animal health and production2024

Influence of probiotic strains on growth performance, carcass characteristics and seasonal changes of growing New Zealand white rabbits.

Elwy A Ashour, Islam M Youssef, Ahmed I Elsherbeni, Muhammad Arif, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Ahmed K Aldhalmi, Ayman A Swelum, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack

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Elwy A AshourDepartment of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
Islam M YoussefAnimal Production Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12618, Egypt.
Ahmed I ElsherbeniAnimal Production Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12618, Egypt.
Muhammad ArifDepartment of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Guillermo Tellez-IsaiasDepartment of Poultry Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
Ahmed K AldhalmiCollege of Pharmacy, Al- Mustaqbal University, Babylon, 51001, Iraq.
Ayman A SwelumDepartment of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia. aswelum@ksu.edu.sa.
Mohamed E Abd El-HackDepartment of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2831-8534

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This experiment was designed to explore how different types of probiotics affect the growth, carcass traits, and seasonal variations in growing New Zealand White rabbits (NZW). Two parallel experiments using the same strain of NZW during winter and summer, each alone from 5 to 13 weeks of age. Each experiment uses a total of 125 unsexed rabbits. These rabbits are separated into 5 groups of 25 rabbits each. Each group has five replicates, with five rabbits in every replicate. In each experiment, 1st group acting as the control group did not receive any probiotics. The 2nd was given a dose of 1 ml of Bifidobacterium bifidum, the 3rd received a dose of 1 ml of Lactobacillus acidophilus, and the 4th was treated with a 1 ml blend of both Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus acidophilus, and 5th group was treated with 1 ml of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Results indicated that the Bifidobacterium bifidum group had the best live body weight (LBW) values and daily weight gain (DWG). Meanwhile, during summer, the Lactobacillus acidophilus group had the best feed conversion ratio (FCR) and performance index (PI) values. Also, growing rabbits fed Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium bifiduim had significantly increased carcass traits during the summer and winter seasons. Furthermore, seasonal changes indicated that the Bifidobacterium bifiduim group improved LBW, DWG, and PI during summer than winter. So, it could be concluded that using Bifidobacterium bifidum can enhance rabbit growth by improving feed utilization and carcass traits, making it an effective addition to hot weather diets.

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Animal FeedLactobacillus acidophilusProbioticsSeasonsAnimalsBifidobacterium bifidumDietMaleRabbitsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeWeight GainCarcass yieldClimate changeGrowth performanceProbioticsRabbits

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