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IMPACT OF Posidonia oceanica AS A PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE OF ALFALFA HAY ON PRODUCTIVITY AND REPRODUCTIVITY OF NZW RABBITS UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS

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Last updated: 15 Feb 2025

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Animal and Poultry Production

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This study included two trials, the first trial aimed to evaluate the effect of using varying levels of Posidonia oceanica (PO) as untraditional feed ingredient instead of alfalfa hay in rabbit's diets on growth performance, carcass traits, lipid profile and hematological parameters. The second trial aimed to assess the effect of PO diets on physiological aspects and semen traits of male rabbits. The first trial, forty-eight weaned New Zealand white (NZW) were divided randomly into four comparable groups. First group was fed on basal diet while, the other treatment groups were fed on diets containing 7.5, 15 and 22.5 % of PO, instead of alfalfa hay in rabbit's diets, respectively. Results demonstrated that inclusion of PO in rabbits' diets didn't significantly affect either growth performance or carcass traits. For lipid profile, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (NON-HDL) were significantly affected by dietary treatments. For hematological parameters, there were no significant differences among treatment groups except platelets and MCHC. The second trial, three male rabbits from each group were chosen and fed the same diets of the first trial. At (5-6 months age), some physiological aspects and semen quality were evaluated. No significant differences were observed in rectal temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and semen quality traits except count and concentration however, they increased with increasing level of PO in diets. Therefore, it could be concluded that rabbits fed on diets containing PO up to 22.5% did not show any detrimental effects on growth performance, carcass traits, lipid profile, hematological parameters and semen quality.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2024.295810.1271

Keywords

Posidonia oceanica, Rabbits, Growth, Semen

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Shalapi

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G

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Dept. Animal and Poultry Prod., Fac. Environ. Agri. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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essgamal11111@gmail.com

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First Name

ElSayed

Last Name

Bakr

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O.A.

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Dept. Animal and Poultry Prod., Fac. Environ. Agri. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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elsayedoab@gmail.com

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Arish

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mousa

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R.M.

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Dept. Animal and Poultry Prod., Fac. Environ. Agri. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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essgamal115@gmail.com

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Abdelshafi

Last Name

Abdelsamee

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M.

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Dept. Animal and Poultry Prod., Fac. Environ. Agri. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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shafisame@gmail.com

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Arish

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13

Article Issue

4

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51213

Issue Date

2024-08-01

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2024-06-06

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2024-08-01

Page Start

465

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478

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2314-6079

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2682-3527

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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IMPACT OF Posidonia oceanica AS A PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE OF ALFALFA HAY ON PRODUCTIVITY AND REPRODUCTIVITY OF NZW RABBITS UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS

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15 Feb 2025