Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Goji berries supplementation improves productive performance of rabbit / G. Brecchia, B. Fioretti, T. Beccari, O. Barbato, I. Elena Filipescu, V. Lorenzo, L. Menchetti. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-1656. - 256:suppl.(2017), pp. S75-S75. ((Intervento presentato al convegno European Biotechnology Congress tenutosi a Dubrovnik nel 2017 [10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.06.1055].
Abstract:
The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of Goji berries on the productive performance of rabbits. One month before insemination, the New Zealand White does (20 animals/group) were fed a commercial standard diet (group C), supplemented with 1% or 3% Goji (groups 1G and 3G, respectively). After weaning, 50 rabbits/group were randomly selected and fed with the same diet of mothers (C, 1G or 3G) up to 91 days of age. 1G group showed lower pre-weaning mortality (31%, 15%, and 29% for C, 1G and 3G, respectively; P < 0.05), higher litter size (5 ± 1, 7 ± 1, and 6 ± 1 rabbits for C, 1G and 3G, respectively; P < 0.05) and litter weight (1278 ± 72, 1541 ± 61, 1319 ± 61 g for C, 1G and 3G, respectively; P < 0.05) at day 18, and higher litter size at weaning (4 ± 1, 6 ± 1, 4 ± 1 rabbits for C, 1G and 3G, respectively; P = 0.05) than C group. The supplemented groups showed higher body weight at the slaughter (2072 ± 32 g, 2212 ± 28 g and 2313 ± 32 g for C, 1G and 3G, respectively; P < 0.01) than C. Our results show that a supplementation of feed with Goji berries results in an improvement of productive performance in rabbit.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
G. Brecchia, B. Fioretti, T. Beccari, O. Barbato, I. Elena Filipescu, V. Lorenzo, L. Menchetti
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