Effect of level and source of vitamin E addition of a diet enriched with sunflower and linseed oils on growth and slaughter traits of rabbits

Fortification of rabbit diets with vitamin E or selenium affects growth performance, lipid peroxidation, oxidative status and immune response in growing rabbits

“…E, organic Se and their combination had a positive effect on growth performance of growing rabbits (P≤0.05). Similar results were observed by Corino et al (2007) and Eiben et al (2011) who demonstrated that vit. E addition resulted in higher body weight in rabbits.…”

“…E and Se supplementation on body weight, feed intake and feed conversion has been observed in rabbits. It is important to mention that overall growth was low when compared with previous studies (i.e., Eiben et al, 2011;Marounek et al, 2009). These differences might be attributed to the differences between strains and the differences in the environmental conditions as the animals of the present study were housed in an open-sided house and were negatively affected by severe environmental conditions.…”

“…E or Se or their combination in the diets did not significantly influence the proportions of various carcass organs of the rabbits. Similarly, Eiben et al (2011) reported that internal organs were not influenced by dietary vit. E supplementation.…”

“…These results are in agreement with other results that indicated that vit. E tended to improve both hot carcass weight and dressing percentage in rabbits (Corino et al, 2007;Eiben et al, 2011), andcattle (McDowell et al, 1996). In contrast, other studies have found little benefit of supranutritional levels of vit.…”

Effects of dietary sorghum dried distiller's grains with solubles on growth performance, diet nutrient digestibility, carcass characteristics and immunity in growing rabbits

“…In the previous study with different feed formulation, nutritional level and experimental condition, the New Zealand white rabbits showed different growth performance. The range of average daily feed intake, daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio during 35–90 days of age are 86.1–141.0, 28.5–40.1, 2.10–4.20 g/day, respectively, and converted body weight at 70 days of age is 1.80–2.60 kg (Eiben et al, ; Juskiewicz et al, ; Oliveira, Silva, Araújo, Silva, & Bento, ; Palazzo et al, ; Rotolo et al, ).…”