Dietary Supplementation with <i>Pithecellobium dulce</i> (Roxb) Benth Fruits to Fattening Rabbits
Jairo Apáez-Barrios,
Juan Ocampo-López,
Sergio Soto-Simental,
Victoria Guadalupe Aguilar-Raymundo,
Maricela Ayala-Martínez
Affiliations
Jairo Apáez-Barrios
Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Ex-Hacienda de Aquetzalpa, Ave., Universidad Km 1, Tulancingo de Bravo 43600, Hidalgo, Mexico
Juan Ocampo-López
Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Ex-Hacienda de Aquetzalpa, Ave., Universidad Km 1, Tulancingo de Bravo 43600, Hidalgo, Mexico
Sergio Soto-Simental
Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Ex-Hacienda de Aquetzalpa, Ave., Universidad Km 1, Tulancingo de Bravo 43600, Hidalgo, Mexico
Victoria Guadalupe Aguilar-Raymundo
Programa Académico de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Universidad Politécnica de Pénjamo, Carretera Irapuato, La Piedad Km 44, Predio el Derramadero, Pénjamo 36921, Guanajuato, Mexico
Maricela Ayala-Martínez
Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Ex-Hacienda de Aquetzalpa, Ave., Universidad Km 1, Tulancingo de Bravo 43600, Hidalgo, Mexico
Pithecellobium dulce produces a fruit used in alternative medicine that could be utilized to feed rabbits. The objective of this study was to measure the effect of the P. dulce fruit on productive performance, carcass traits, meat characteristics, and meat product quality as well as shelf-life. Seventy-two California × English pot crossbreed rabbits (35 d age) were randomly distributed into two treatments: a control group without P. dulce and another group fed with 5% of P. dulce, and fattening for 28 d. Productive performance parameters, blood biochemistry and hematology, apparent digestibility, carcass traits, meat characteristics, and meat product shelf-life were measured. The results indicate inclusion of 5% P. dulce improves (p p p P. dulce. Antioxidant properties in the meatballs were different (p P. dulce fruits to feed fattening rabbits can be used to improve the shelf-life of rabbit meat.
