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ROSEMARY, MARJORAM AND GINGER AS A FEED ADDITIVES AND ITS INFLUENCES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE TRAITS OF NZW RABBITS UNDER SINAI CONDITIONS

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This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of either rosemary, marjoram or ginger on digestibility coefficients and growth performances traits of New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits under Sinai conditions. Seventy five weaned NZW rabbits were used in growthtrial while, fifteen adult bucks were used in digestibility trials. The rabbits were divided into 5 similar and equal groups.  The 1st group fed control (CO) diet without medicinal plants, while those in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th groups were fed the pelleted diet containing 3% rosemary, 3% marjoram, 1.5% ginger root and 2.5% mixture (1%, 1% and 0.5%) of these medicinal plants, respectively.
Daily body weight gain, feed conversion and dressing percentage improved (P<0.05) by 11.63, 1.73 and 3.01% due to rosemary diet; 17.83, 22.66 and 4.01% due to marjoram diet; 15.70, 11.35 and 3.51% due to ginger diet and 22.56, 7.53 and 3.51 % due to mixture diet, respectively. Digestibility coefficientsof DM, OM, CP and EE were increased (P<0.05) by 9.10, 6.36, 6.57 and 11.69 % due to rosemary diet; 7.61, 6.66, 7.18 and 11.50 % due to ginger diet and 7.41, 6.06, 6.14 and 9.61 % due to mixture diet, respectively. The digestibility coefficients of CF and NFE were not significantly affected by supplemented medicinal plants. The nutritive values of TDN increased (P<0.05) by 6.78 % due to rosemary diet. From an economic point of view, diets supplemented with marjoram, ginger and mixture medicinal plants could be used efficiently in feeding growing NZW rabbits can reduce production costs.
Conclusively, the medicinal plants, Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Marjoram(Origanum majorana), Ginger root (Zingiber officinale) and their mixture could be added to NZW rabbit diets to improvegrowth performances traits and digestibility of nutrients under arid and semiarid conditions their addition within the limits recorded in this study is practically applicable, safe and beneficial.
 
 

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10.21608/jpd.2016.42124

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Rabbits, medicinal plants, rosemary, marjoram, Ginger, Growth, carcass, digestibility

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El-sayed

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Bakr

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Department of Animal and Poultry Production, College of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt

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El-Arish

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Ibrahim

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Ibrahim

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Department of Animal and Poultry Production, College of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt

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El-Arish

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Mohamed

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Mousa

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Department of Animal and Poultry Production, College of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt

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El-Arish

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Mosad

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Shetaewi

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M. M. Shetaewi and A. M. Abdel-Samee Department of Animal and Poultry Production, College of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt

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El-Arish

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Abdel-Shafie

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Abdel-Samee

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Department of Animal and Poultry Production, College of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Suez Canal University, El-Arish, Egypt

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El-Arish

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21

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2016-01-01

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2015-07-04

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2016-01-01

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18

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1110-2543

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2682-3322

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Journal of Productivity and Development

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ROSEMARY, MARJORAM AND GINGER AS A FEED ADDITIVES AND ITS INFLUENCES ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE TRAITS OF NZW RABBITS UNDER SINAI CONDITIONS

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