Milk Yield, Productive and Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does Fed Different Level of Gum Arabic in Diet

Morsy, Wael; Amber, Khairy; Badawy, Neamt; El-Desoukey, Shereen

doi:10.21608/jsas.2020.24080.1206

Milk Yield, Productive and Reproductive Performance of Rabbit Does Fed Different Level of Gum Arabic in Diet

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

¹ Anim. Prod. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Ministry. Of Agric., Dokki, Giza.

² Dept. of poultry prod.,Fac. of Agric., Kafr El-Sheikh University

³ Dept. of poultry prod., Fac. of Agric., Kafr El-Sheikh University

10.21608/jsas.2020.24080.1206

Abstract

The effects of Gum Arabic (GA) supplementation in the diet of rabbit does in several physiological states on milk composition, productive and reproductive performance were assessed. Twenty eight Baladi Black rabbit does (7 does per treatment) of about 8-9 months of age with an average live body weight of 3449±31.61 g, were used. Animals were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0 (control), 0.5, 1 and 1.5 % Gum Arabic of the diet. Results revealed that the milk yield (MY, g) increased (P

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