EFFETS DE L’INCORPORATION DES REBUTS DE DATTES ET DU TOURTEAU D’AMANDES D’ABRICOTS SUR LES PERFORMANCES D’ENGRAISSEMENT ET LES CARACTÉRISTIQUES DES CARCASSES DES LAPINS LOCAUX

Dehydrated tomato pulp in rabbit feed: effects of incorporation rate on growth performance, carcass yield, meat quality and economic efficiency

“…The ADG33-77d was similar among groups, such a result corroborate with those of Peiretti et al (2012); however, remain contrary to those of Sayed and Abdel-Azeem (2012) and Peiretti et al (2013) which indicated a higher ADG for rabbits fed a diet containing 20% DTP. The growth rates obtained in the present study are similar to those reported by Lounaouci-Ouyed et al (2011) (28.1 g/day) but lower than those of Kadi et al (2017) (35 g/day), Benali et al (2018) (34 g/day), Berchiche and Kadi (2002) (30 g/day) and Mennani et al (2019) (32 g/day). These different authors worked on the same local strain, allowing us to define a range of growth between 28 and 35 g day and which remains linked to the nutritional balance of the recommended diets.…”

“…To minimize food dependence, the use of local agro-industrial by-products in domestic animal feed remains a possibility that has been studied by several authors, based on numerous experiments conducted on various species (Mennani et al, 2017(Mennani et al, , 2019Ouzzir et al, 2020).…”

“…Our study is part of a research project aimed to incorporate agro-industrial by-products in rabbit feed for fattening, as well as apricot kernel cake and date waste (Mennani et al, 2017(Mennani et al, , 2019Ouazzir et al, 2020). Dehydrated tomato pulp in our study was a substitute for dehydrated alfalfa in the amounts of 30, 40 and 60%, which will allow us to assess how the tested replacement percentages affect the growth performance of rabbits, their slaughter characteristics and the composition of meat.…”