Fructooligosaccharide Supplementation Boosts Growth Performance, Antioxidant Status, and Cecal Microbiota Differently in Two Rabbit Breeds

Fructooligosaccharide Supplementation Boosts Growth Performance, Antioxidant Status, and Cecal Microbiota Differently in Two Rabbit Breeds

The present study examined the effects of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) supplementation in drinking water on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, hematological and biochemical parameters, antioxidant status, and cecal microbiota of New Zealand White (NZW) and APRI rabbits. A total of 180 m...

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Published in:Animals (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 1528
Main Authors: Abd El-Aziz, Ayman H., Abo Ghanima, Mahmoud M., Alsanie, Walaa F., Gaber, Ahmed, Alsenosy, Abd El-Wahab, Easa, Ahmed A., Moawed, Sherif A., Raza, Sayed Haidar Abbas, Elfadadny, Ahmed, Yossef, Hany Abo, Ghoneem, Wafaa M., Shukry, Mustafa, Hendawy, Amin Omar, Mahrose, Khalid
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 13-06-2022
MDPI
Subjects:
Animal production
Animal protein
Animals
Antibiotics
antioxidant status
Antioxidants
Bacteria
Body weight
carcass
Carcasses
cecal microbiota
Cecum
Coliforms
Drinking water
E coli
Escherichia coli
Feeds
Food sources
fructooligosaccharide
Fructooligosaccharides
Galvanized steel
growth
haemato-biochemical parameters
Hematology
Hemoglobin
Lactobacilli
Livestock
Microbiota
Oxidative stress
Prebiotics
Probiotics
Promoters
Rabbits
Vertebrae
New Zealand
United States > US
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Summary:The present study examined the effects of fructooligosaccharide (FOS) supplementation in drinking water on the growth performance, carcass characteristics, hematological and biochemical parameters, antioxidant status, and cecal microbiota of New Zealand White (NZW) and APRI rabbits. A total of 180 male NZW and APRI rabbits (aged five weeks; average live body weight 700 ± 39 g) were divided into six groups (30 rabbits/group; 5 replicates/group) in a two × three factorial arrangement. Rabbits of each breed were randomly assigned to one of three treatments of FOS (control; 0.00, FOS-0.5, and FOS-1.0). Results showed that rabbits’ final body weight, FBWG, and carcass traits were considerably enhanced compared to those in the control group. The interaction effect of the supplement with the rabbit breed increased the growth, carcass traits, and hematobiochemical and antioxidant parameters with increasing FOS levels. In the cecum of both rabbit breeds, the total bacterial count and Escherichiacoli population were considerably low, with a substantial increase in the number of Lactobacilli supplemented by FOS. In conclusion, FOS supplementation enhanced growth and carcass traits by improving the hematobiochemical parameters and antioxidant status and reducing cecal pathogenic bacteria in both breeds.
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ISSN:2076-2615
2076-2615
DOI:10.3390/ani12121528