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OLIVE CAKE OR DATE STONE IN RATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS:-1- THE EFFECT ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND CARCASS TRAITS

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal and Poultry Production

Abstract

There is wide gap between the available feedstuffs and the requirements of animal feeding in Egypt and especially in Sinai. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of feeding agro-industrial by-products like olive cake (OC) or crushed date stone (DS), as partial replacement of ratio yellow corn, on growth performances, carcass traits and some physiological status of New Zealand White rabbits (NZW). Thirty growing NZW weighed about 465g were divided into three similar and equal groups, six males and four females each. The 1st group was fed on commercial diet as control (C);2nd and 3rd group was fed on 6.25% OC or 6.25% DS. At the end of experiment (after 12 weeks) 3 males and 4 females were slaughtered to study the carcass traits and blood constituents. The results concluded that feeding NZW on diet containing 6.25% OC or SD has beneficial effects. The final body weight averaged 2.14, 2.49 and 2.44 kg. in C, OC and DS groups, respectively. The corresponding values of daily body gain averaged 18.3, 22.1 and21.6 g. Feed conversion (feed intake/ body gain) averaged 4.7, 4.2 and 3.9. Moreover, these substitutions hadn't any bad effects on peripheral signs of health (rectal temperature or respiration rate) or internal signs, kidney, liver, adrenal, thyroid functions or blood characteristics of NZW rabbit. Furthermore, there was an improvement in dressing percentage and total edible meat. The percentages of carcass weight and total edible parts averaged 48.6 and 57.9 respectively, in C group, 53.9 and 62.8 in OC group, 51.1 and 60.8 % in DS group.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2014.78458

Keywords

Rabbits, olive cake, date stone, Growth, Blood, Hormones, carcass

Authors

First Name

Amira

Last Name

AbdElShafie

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. and Poul. Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Suez Canal Univ., Arish, Egypt.

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City

Zagazig

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First Name

Samir

Last Name

Ghoneim

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Dept. Food and Dairy Technol., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Suez Canal Univ., Arish, Egypt.

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City

Ismailia

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First Name

Fakhry

Last Name

ElAzzazi

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. Prod. & Fish Wealth, Fac. Agric., Suez Canal Univ., Ismailia, Egypt.

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Ismailia

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First Name

Reda

Last Name

Khalifa

MiddleName

M.E.

Affiliation

Dept. Anim. Prod. & Fish Wealth, Fac. Agric., Suez Canal Univ., Ismailia, Egypt.

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Ismailia

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Volume

3

Article Issue

3

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11712

Issue Date

2014-12-01

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2020-03-22

Publish Date

2014-12-01

Page Start

63

Page End

74

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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OLIVE CAKE OR DATE STONE IN RATIONS OF NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS:-1- THE EFFECT ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE, SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND CARCASS TRAITS

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22 Jan 2023