Effect of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) Supplementation on Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals and Experimental Design
2.2. Hormone and Metabolite Assays
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Hormone Concentrations
3.2. Reproductive and Productive Performance
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Ingredients/Analytical Data | Diet | ||
---|---|---|---|
C | G1 | G3 | |
Ingredients1 | |||
Wheat bran | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 |
Dehydrated alfalfa meal | 42.0 | 41.5 | 41.0 |
Barley | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
Sunflower meal | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Rice bran | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Soybean meal | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
Calcium carbonate | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
Cane molasses | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Dicalcium phosphate | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Vitamin-mineral premix 2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Soybean oil | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Salt | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Goji berries | - | 1.0 | 3.0 |
Analytical data1 | |||
Crude Protein | 15.74 | 15.64 | 15.66 |
Ether extract | 2.25 | 2.23 | 2.47 |
Ash | 9.28 | 9.36 | 9.25 |
Starch | 16.86 | 17.07 | 16.99 |
NDF | 38.05 | 38.55 | 37.49 |
ADF | 19.54 | 19.60 | 19.01 |
ADL | 4.01 | 4.31 | 3.98 |
Digestible Energy 3 | 2464 | 2463 | 2459 |
Parameter | C | G1 | G3 | RMSE | p Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-weaning mortality (%) | 25.1 | 16.7 | 22.8 | 16.1 | 0.176 |
Litter size at birth (n) | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.249 |
Litter weight at birth (g) | 339 a | 408 b | 356 ab | 80 | 0.008 |
Litter size at weaning (n) | 4.8 a | 6.0 b | 4.9 ab | 1.6 | 0.020 |
Litter weight at weaning (g) | 3634 a | 5579 b | 4966 b | 1255 | <0.001 |
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Andoni, E.; Curone, G.; Agradi, S.; Barbato, O.; Menchetti, L.; Vigo, D.; Zelli, R.; Cotozzolo, E.; Ceccarini, M.R.; Faustini, M.; et al. Effect of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) Supplementation on Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does. Animals 2021, 11, 1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061672
Andoni E, Curone G, Agradi S, Barbato O, Menchetti L, Vigo D, Zelli R, Cotozzolo E, Ceccarini MR, Faustini M, et al. Effect of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) Supplementation on Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does. Animals. 2021; 11(6):1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061672
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndoni, Egon, Giulio Curone, Stella Agradi, Olimpia Barbato, Laura Menchetti, Daniele Vigo, Riccardo Zelli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Maria Rachele Ceccarini, Massimo Faustini, and et al. 2021. "Effect of Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) Supplementation on Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does" Animals 11, no. 6: 1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061672