Effects of fibre level and dietary mannanoligosaccharides on digestibility, caecal volatile fatty acids and performances of growing rabbits. Animal Feed Science and Technology

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dc.contributor.authorPinheiro, Victor
dc.contributor.authorGuedes, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorOutor-Monteiro, Divanildo
dc.contributor.authorMourão, José Luís
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-20T15:06:48Z
dc.date.available2013-08-20T15:06:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe current experiment with 3 trials aimed to study the effect of two levels of dietary fibre – high fibre (HF; 323 g aNDFom/kg) and low fibre (LF; 248 g aNDFom/kg) – and the effect of mannanoligosaccharides (MOS) addition (1 g/kg) to the LF diet (LFM) on the performances and health status of growing rabbits, digestibility and caecal fermentative characteristics. In the growth trial 132 rabbits of both sexes were used (11 cages with 4 rabbits per treatment) from weaning (32 days of age) to slaughter (67 days of age). Rabbits fed HF diet showed a significantly higher weight gain and live weight at 67 days than rabbits fed LF diet (2032 g vs. 1935 g) (P<0.05). Feed and digestible energy intake increased with dietary fibre level (P<0.05). During the growing period rabbits fed HF diet had a feed intake 26% higher than those fed LF diet. Feed efficiency ratio was worse in HF animals (0.334 vs. 0.385; P<0.05). Addition of MOS to LF diet did not affect growth performance parameters (P>0.05). Mortality and morbidity rate were not affected by treatments. In the digestibility 24 rabbits from 46 to 51 days of age trial were used. The HF diet resulted in a significant (P<0.05) decrease in digestibility of dry matter, organic matter and protein while the aNDFom digestibility was not significantly different between diets (P>0.05). Supplementation with MOS had no effects on digestibility (P>0.05). In the 3rd trial the caecal traits were measured in 30 rabbits with 46 days of age that received the experimental diets in the previous 14 days. Caecal production of total volatile fatty acids (VFA), acetate and propionate were significantly higher (P>0.05) on rabbits fed HF diets than on rabbits fed LF diets. The total VFA concentration increased 64% (from 5.01 to 8.20 mmol/100 ml) and acetate increased 73% (from 3.73 to 6.44 mmol/100 ml). Butyrate production was not different between diets (P>0.05). Fibre level did not affect proportions of VFA and caecal contents and caecal weights. Addition of MOS to LF diet did not affect any caecal trait (P>0.05). It was concluded that the reduction of dietary fibre level increases feed digestibility but worsens rabbit growth performances. Supplementation of low fibre diet with 1 g MOS/kg is not enough to reduce its negative effects on growth performances.por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10348/2610
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.relation.ispartofCEE - Centro de Estudos em Educaçãopor
dc.rightsrestricted accesspor
dc.subjectRabbitspor
dc.subjectVolatile fatty acidspor
dc.subjectDigestibilitypor
dc.subjectFibrepor
dc.subjectMannanoligosaccharidespor
dc.subjectGrowthpor
dc.titleEffects of fibre level and dietary mannanoligosaccharides on digestibility, caecal volatile fatty acids and performances of growing rabbits. Animal Feed Science and Technologypor
dc.typejournal articlepor
degois.publication.firstPage288por
degois.publication.issue2-4por
degois.publication.lastPage300por
degois.publication.titleAnimal Feed Science and Technologypor
degois.publication.volume148por
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