Performance and nutrient digestion of lambs fed incremental levels of wild cactus (<i>Opuntia leucotrichia</i>)

Llorente, Fabiola Mendez; Lozano, Roque Gonzalo Ramírez; Carlos, Marco Antonio Lopez; Rodríguez-Frausto, H.; Flores, Carlos; Bonilla-Salazar, Alberto; Núñez-González, María Adriana; Aguilera-Soto, Jairo Iván

doi:10.1080/09712119.2011.588406

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“…The increasing PPPs resulted in more fermentation in the caecal, thus reduced caecal PH as a result of increasing volatile fatty acids production. These results are in agreement with those reported by Bisop, et al (2007), Mendez. Liorente, et al (2008 in sheep, Vieira, et al (2008) in goats and Zeedan, et al (2015) found that cecal PH value and NH3-N concentration were higher (P<0.05) in the control group than those fed with 30,20 and 10% Cactus Opuntia cladodes (COC).…”

Section: Cecum Traits:-supporting

confidence: 94%

Impact of Partial Replacement of Alfalfa Hay With Prickly Pear Peels ( Ppps) on Productive Performance of Rabbits.

Bakr

2019

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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orty New Zealand white rabbits (NZW) male rabbits weighed 500+6 g were used in the present study to determine the effect of using residues prickly pear peels of a source of dietary feedstuffs on productive performance, digestibility, some blood constituents and Economic efficiency of rabbit. The animals were divided into four experimental groups of 10 rabbits each. The experimental diets replacing hay with prickly pear peels (ppps) at portion ( 0.0, ,25, 50 and 75%)) respectively. Results obtained could be summarized as follow: The final live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were significantly (p> 0.05) affected by experimental treatment groups. The highest (p> 0.05) values of live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were recorded by rabbits fed 75 % (ppps) Inclusion (1986.5g, 1489g and 73.30 %) followed by received Inclusion level 50 % (ppps) ( 1946.97g, 1416.37g and 68.31 %), respectively compared with the 25 % (ppps) ( 1836.97g, 1339.37g and 59.45 %) or control ( 1778.75g, 1283.45g and 53.74 %),respectively. Feed intake (g), protein intake, and digestible energy intake were significantly (p> 0.05) decreased with increasing (ppps) levels. Rabbits fed (ppps) (75%) diet recorded a significant bester feed conversion ratio (FCR) value followed by those of 50 %, 25 and control respectively. Digestibility coefficient and nutritive values (DM, CP, CF, TDN and DE) were significantly improved for rabbits fed diet contained (ppps) compared to those fed the control diet. Cecal PH value and NH3 -N concentrations were higher (p> 0.05) in the control group than those of the treatment groups. Concentration of TVFAS was lower in control whereas the highest was obtained by treatment 75 % of (ppps) (p> 0.05). Also inclusion of tested material significantly (p> 0.05) increased dressing percentage and carcass weight. Plasma concentrations of total proteins, albumin and globulin were increased (p> 0.05) whereas ALT, AST, total lipids, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL were decreased (p> 0.05) by treatments of (ppps). The best Economical efficiency and relative economical efficiency values were recorded with rabbits fed 75 % (ppps) inclusion followed by rabbits received 50 % and 25 % treatment of (ppps) respectively it could be concluded that replacing hay with prickly pear peels (ppps) at portion (25, 50 and 75%) into diets recorded the beneficial growth performance, nutrients digestibility, and the best Economical efficiency of NZW Rabbits.

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Section: Cecum Traits:-supporting

confidence: 94%

Impact of Partial Replacement of Alfalfa Hay With Prickly Pear Peels ( Ppps) on Productive Performance of Rabbits.

Bakr

2019

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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“…Likewise PPP has been characterized as good source of dietary fiber that enhancing the intestinal health. These results are in agreement with those reported by Zeedan, et al (2015) with rabbits, Mendez-Llorente, et al (2008) with sheep and Vieira et al (2008) with goats. On the other hand, Misra, et al (2006) found that ruminal NH3-N concentration was not significantly different between lambs fed 0, 10 and 20% prickly pear cactus, but were higher than that of the levels of 30 and 40%.…”

Section: Cecum Traitssupporting

confidence: 94%

Effect of Using Prickly Pear as a Source of Dietary Feedstuffs on Productive Performance, Physiological Traits and Immune Response of Rabbit. 2- Prickly Pear Peels

El-Neney

Zeedan

El-Kotamy

et al. 2019

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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he present study aimed to determine the effects of using different level of prickly pear peels byproduct as an unconventional ingredient in the different of rabbits on productive performance, digestibility, some blood constituents, immune response, activity of certain digestive enzymes in pancreatic tissue and intestinal contents and economic of efficiency. Sixty weaned New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) male rabbits aged 35 days and weighed 600g ± 2.20 were equally and randomly divided into four groups (15 in each one). The experimental diets contained different levels of dried prickly pear peels (PPP) (0.0 control (C), 10, 20 and 30%), respectively. Results indicated that: The final live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were significantly (P<0.05) affected by PPP groups. The highest (P<0.05) values of live body weight, total weight gain and performance index were recorded by rabbits fed 30% PPP inclusion (2178g, 1577g and 74.59%) followed by received inclusion level of 20% PPP (2080g, 1482g and 66.45%), respectively compared with the 10% PPP (2000g, 1398g and 58.82%) or control (1990g, 1390g and 56.37%), respectively. Feed intake (g/ day), protein intake, and digestible energy intake were significantly (P≤0.05) decreased with increasing PPP levels. Rabbits fed PPP (30%) diet recorded a significant best FCR value followed by those of 20 and 10 % tested material, respectively. Digestibility coefficient and nutritive values (DM, CP, EE, CF, TDN, DCP and DE) were significantly improved for rabbits fed diet contained PPP compared to those fed the control diet. There were significant increases detected for plasma total protein, albumin and globulin while blood plasma of total lipids was significantly decreased by increasing PPP inclusion level compared to control groups. Liver function as AST and ALT activity were not affected by dietary treatments with supplementing PPP. Values of each of blood components including (red and white blood cells count) and hemoglobin were increased in rabbits fed diet contained PPP than those of the control, Also there is a significant increase in the activity of intestinal amylase, lipase and protease in rabbits compared to controls. Moreover the concentrations of IgG and IgM of rabbits were higher for rabbit supplemented with PPP than the control group. The best economical efficiency and relative economical efficiency values had been recorded with rabbits fed 30% PPP inclusion followed by rabbits received 20% and 10% treatment of PPP, respectively. It is concluded that supplemental dried prickly pear peels (PPP) at the rate of 30 or 20 % of the diet improved growth performance and health status of the NZW rabbits.

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“…Other scientists (VIEIRA et al, 2008;MENDEZ-LLORATE et al, 2011;COSTA et al, 2012) have reported that increasing the proportion of forage cactus in the diet (above 50%) reduced dry matter intake. Forage cactus has a low dry matter content, which explains the reduction in the DMI; distension of the digestive tract limits the intake of food, even if the nutritional requirements are not met ( VAN SOEST, 1994).…”

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Performance of sheep fed forage cactus with total water restriction

Cordova-Torres

Costa

Medeiros

et al. 2017

Rev. bras. saúde prod. anim.

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SUMMARYA lack of water in livestock production can limit the performance of the animals; therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of water restriction on the growth performance of sheep that were fed forage cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera). Forty-two male sheep were used, with an average age and weight of ±100 days and 18.75 ± (2,05) kg , respectively, and they were fed diets containing concentrate, mineral mixture and three levels of substitution (30, 50 and 70%) of Tifton hay with forage cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera). The animals were slaughtered when they reached 32 kg (± 1 kg) of body weight or 90 days. The experimental design was a 3x2 factorial arrangement, forage cactus (30, 50, 70%) x water (with or without water) plus a control group (n=6). Variables were analyzed using Tukey and Dunnett's test at 5% with PROC GLM in SAS software. Voluntary water intake and dry matter intake (DMI) decreased with the inclusion of forage cactus; however, preformed water intake and total water intake increased with the inclusion of forage cactus. Water restriction and its interaction with the treatments had no effect on animal performance. Daily weight gain was higher for the diets with 30 and 50%forage cactus inclusion, at 174 and 155 g, respectively, compared with 90 g for the control diet. Cactus, therefore, can be used as a food supplement and water resource.

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Performance and nutrient digestion of lambs fed incremental levels of wild cactus (Opuntia leucotrichia)

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Impact of Partial Replacement of Alfalfa Hay With Prickly Pear Peels ( Ppps) on Productive Performance of Rabbits.

Impact of Partial Replacement of Alfalfa Hay With Prickly Pear Peels ( Ppps) on Productive Performance of Rabbits.

Effect of Using Prickly Pear as a Source of Dietary Feedstuffs on Productive Performance, Physiological Traits and Immune Response of Rabbit. 2- Prickly Pear Peels

Performance of sheep fed forage cactus with total water restriction

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