Animals 2018, 8(10), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100168
Growth, Carcass Traits, Blood Hematology, Serum Metabolites, Immunity, and Oxidative Indices of Growing Rabbits Fed Diets Supplemented with Red or Black Pepper Oils
Sameh Abdelnour 1,†
, Mahmoud Alagawany 2,†, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack 2,†, Asmaa M. Sheiha 1, Islam M. Saadeldin 3,4 and Ayman A. Swelum 3,5,*
, Mahmoud Alagawany 2,†, Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack 2,†, Asmaa M. Sheiha 1, Islam M. Saadeldin 3,4 and Ayman A. Swelum 3,5,*
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Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Received: 11 September 2018 / Revised: 28 September 2018 / Accepted: 29 September 2018 / Published: 2 October 2018
Simple Summary
After the ban on antibiotics as growth promoters in poultry and animal diets, nutritionists had to find safe and efficient alternatives. Because of their beneficial properties, the oils of red and black pepper were chosen to be supplemented to rabbit diets. Promising results were obtained with regard to the ability of these oils to improve rabbits’ growth performance, immunity, and antioxidant status.Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the impacts of the supplementation of red or black pepper oils to rabbit diet as growth promoters on New Zealand white (NZW) rabbits. One hundred and forty weaned NZW rabbits were divided randomly into seven groups in a completely randomized experiment using different quantities of red pepper oil (RPO; 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 g/kg diet) or black pepper oil (BPO; 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 g/kg diet), in addition to the control group. Compared to the control, values of live body weight (LBW) for rabbits fed either RPO or BPO enriched diets were greater. The concentrations of serum triglycerides and cholesterol were lower (p < 0.01) in the RPO- and BPO-treated groups than in the control. Immunity parameters and antioxidant indices were improved in treated groups in comparison to the control. Dietary RPO or BPO can affect some growth traits, improve immunity parameters and the antioxidant activity, and decrease the lipid profile and lipid peroxidation. The use of 0.5 g RPO/kg diet as a dietary supplement had a larger effect on growth parameters than the other treatment groups. View Full-TextKeywords:
growing rabbits; red pepper; black pepper; growth; antioxidant indices; serum metabolites
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Abdelnour, S.; Alagawany, M.; Abd El-Hack, M.E.; Sheiha, A.M.; Saadeldin, I.M.; Swelum, A.A. Growth, Carcass Traits, Blood Hematology, Serum Metabolites, Immunity, and Oxidative Indices of Growing Rabbits Fed Diets Supplemented with Red or Black Pepper Oils. Animals 2018, 8, 168.
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