Improvement of rabbit productivity using probiotics and herbal supplements

Abstract

The use of probiotic supplements that normalize the microbiocenosis and enhance the resistance to pathogenic microflora can increase safety and meat productivity of farm animals. The aim of the article is scientific and practical substantiation of the increase in rabbit productivity using girasole beet pulp and the “Sporothermin” probiotic complex. The effects of the “Sporothermin” girasole beet pulp on safety, productivity, physiological status and chemical composition of rabbit meat were studied. 30 cross-bred rabbits aged 45 days were selected. The control group received the basic ration consisting of the PK-90 feed; the experimental groups received the PK-90 feed which included the probiotic complex “Sporothermin” (0.6 g/kg and 1.0 g/kg) and girasole beet pulp (10% to the feed weight). The quality of meat was evaluated at the age of 120 days after the control slaughter in the amount of 3 heads from each group. The data of morphological composition showed that rabbits of the experimental groups had a larger muscle tissue mass than rabbits of the control group by 9.07% and 20.15%, respectively. The analysis of the muscle tissue composition showed that the use of the Sporothermin at a dosage of 1.0 g/kg and girasole beet pulp at a dosage of 10% to the feed weight weight increases the average daily gains and meat productivity, improves the chemical composition which was confirmed by testing the data in the conditions of the industrial company “Lipetsk rabbit” and assessing physicochemical, functional, technological and organoleptic indicators of the resulting meat raw materials.

The use of probiotic preparations in the rational feeding of animals in industrial conditions

“…Наличие экстрактивных веществ придает мясу специфический запах и вкус. Содержание холестерина в мясе кролика составляет 25 мг на 100 г. мяса [9,10,12].…”

The impact of compound feeds with probiotic complexes on metabolism and productive indicators of rabbits

“…Поэтому пробиотические препараты все шире используются для профилактики и лечения заболеваний желудочно-кишечного тракта различной этиологии, стимуляции неспецифического иммунитета, восстановления нормальной микрофлоры после лечения различными антимикробными препаратами. Без нормальной микрофлоры невозможны полноценное пищеварение и усвоение пищи, поддержание постоянства внутренней среды организма, его защиты от патогенной микрофлоры [6,8].…”