Productive and Physiological Response of Male Rabbits to Dietary Supplementation with Thyme Essential Oil
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals and Housing
2.2. Experimental Diets and Growth Performance
2.3. Chemical Analysis
2.4. Semen Collection and Assay
2.5. Blood Biochemical Assay
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Growth Performance
3.2. Semen Characteristics
3.3. Blood Biochemical Constituents
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Ingredients | % | Chemical Analysis | % |
---|---|---|---|
Yellow maize grain | 32.00 | Dry matter | 91.40 |
Wheat bran | 20.00 | Ash | 9.80 |
Soybean meal (44% CP) | 18.00 | Crude protein | 17.00 |
Wheat straw | 12.00 | Crude fiber | 12.60 |
Lucerne hay | 5.00 | Fat-ether extract | 2.90 |
Rice bran | 5.00 | Digestible energy (MJ/kg) | 9.42 |
Linseed straw | 2.80 | Calcium | 1.30 |
Sunflower meal | 2.50 | Phosphorus | 0.86 |
Limestone | 2.00 | Lysine | 0.60 |
Sodium chloride | 0.30 | Methionine | 0.41 |
Vitamin–mineral premix 1 | 0.30 | ||
dl-Methionine | 0.10 |
Chemical Compounds | Rt. | % | Mol. Weight (gm/mol) | Chemical Formula |
---|---|---|---|---|
p-Cymene | 6.99 | 23.59 | 134.218 | C10H14 |
Β-linalool | 9.61 | 0.74 | 154.25 | C10H18 |
Carvone (carvacrol) | 15.70 | 9.80 | 150.22 | C10H14 |
Anethole | 17.49 | 2.50 | 148.2 | C10H12 |
Thymol | 17.70 | 39.45 | 150.22 | C10H14 |
Carvacrol | 18.09 | 2.07 | 150.217 | C10H14 |
trans-Caryophyllene | 22.46 | 0.98 | 204.36 | C15H24 |
γ-Terpinene | 25.14 | 12.49 | 136.23 | C10H16 |
Aromadenrene | 34.84 | 2.12 | 204.35 | C15H24 |
Ledol | 48.66 | 2.24 | 222.358 | C15H26 |
Items | Treatments (T) | SEM 3 | P value | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NC 1 | PC 2 | 60 mg | 120 mg | 180 mg | T 4 | Lin 5 | Quad 6 | ||
Body weight, g | |||||||||
70 d | 1255 | 1259 | 1258 | 1249 | 1253 | 6 | 0.614 | 0.882 | 0.263 |
100 d | 1700 d | 1751 c | 1807 b | 1819 a | 1835 a | 14 | <0.001 | 0.003 | 0.303 |
130 d | 2288 d | 2354 c | 2428 b | 2441 a | 2469 a | 21 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.053 |
Daily body weight gain, g | |||||||||
70–100 d | 14.85 d | 16.40 c | 18.33 b | 19.02 ab | 19.41 a | 0.22 | <0.001 | <0.001 | < 0.001 |
100–130 d | 19.59 | 20.10 | 20.67 | 20.71 | 21.14 | 0.38 | 0.076 | 0.006 | 0.640 |
70–130 d | 17.22 b | 18.25 b | 19.50 a | 19.87 a | 20.28 a | 0.25 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.033 |
Daily feed intake, g | |||||||||
70–100 d | 54.46 c | 55.43 c | 57.64 b | 58.61 ab | 59.65 a | 0.51 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.574 |
100–130 d | 65.20 | 62.77 | 63.04 | 64.48 | 64.71 | 0.64 | 0.053 | 0.719 | 0.013 |
70–130 d | 59.83 c | 59.10 c | 60.34 bc | 61.54 ab | 62.18 a | 0.43 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.110 |
Feed conversion ratio | |||||||||
70–100 d | 3.67 a | 3.38 b | 3.15 c | 3.08 c | 3.07 c | 0.048 | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
100–130 d | 3.33 a | 3.13 b | 3.05 b | 3.12 b | 3.06 b | 0.056 | 0.014 | 0.006 | 0.046 |
70–130 d | 3.48 a | 3.24 b | 3.09 c | 3.09 c | 3.07 c | 0.042 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 |
Items | Treatments (T) | SEM 1 | P Value | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NC 1 | PC 2 | 60 mg | 120 mg | 180 mg | T 4 | Lin 5 | Quad 6 | ||
Semen quality | |||||||||
Semen volume, ml | 0.52 d | 0.56 c | 0.61 b | 0.64 a | 0.65 a | 0.09 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.004 |
Abnormal sperm, % | 16.7 a | 15.4 ab | 12.6 bc | 11.9 cd | 11.2 d | 0.41 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.432 |
Live sperm, % | 75.0 d | 75.4 d | 79.2 c | 81.6 b | 83.6 a | 0.63 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.458 |
Semen pH, value | 7.11 | 7.09 | 7.10 | 7.11 | 7.10 | 0.03 | 0.990 | 0.965 | 0.853 |
Forward motility, % | 55.1 c | 55.3 c | 65.7 b | 69.5 a | 70.8 a | 0.57 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.056 |
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Abdel-Wareth, A.A.A.; Metwally, A.E. Productive and Physiological Response of Male Rabbits to Dietary Supplementation with Thyme Essential Oil. Animals 2020, 10, 1844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101844
Abdel-Wareth AAA, Metwally AE. Productive and Physiological Response of Male Rabbits to Dietary Supplementation with Thyme Essential Oil. Animals. 2020; 10(10):1844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101844
Chicago/Turabian StyleAbdel-Wareth, Ahmed A. A., and Abdallah E. Metwally. 2020. "Productive and Physiological Response of Male Rabbits to Dietary Supplementation with Thyme Essential Oil" Animals 10, no. 10: 1844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101844