TY  - JOUR
JF  - Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research
TI  - INFLUENCE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF ANTIBIOTIC AND THYME ON ZOOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS AND CAECAL MICROFLORA OF GROWING RABBIT
IS  - 3
A1  - Benlemlih, M.
A1  - Barchan, A.
A1  - Aarab, A.
A1  - Bakkali, M.
A1  - Arakrak, A.
A1  - Laglaoui, A.
EP  - 198
ID  - eprints849
VL  - 13
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85161525505&doi=10.51227%2fojafr.2023.29&partnerID=40&md5=8697fcdef54d515788d95e460407b0a7
AV  - public
N1  - Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University 416 Tangier, Morocco; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology Al Hoceima, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University 34 Ajdir Al Hoceima, Morocco
SN  - 2228-7701
Y1  - 2023/05/27/
KW  - Dietary supplementation; Growth performance; Rabbit; Thyme; Zinc bacitracin
PB  - Scienceline Publications, Ltd
SP  - 192
N2  - The objective of this study was to compare the influence of antibiotic and thyme dietary supplements on zootechnical parameters and caecal microflora of growing rabbits. One hundred and ninety eight weaned rabbits (forty days old), white New Zealand (of both sexes) were divided into three groups to submit to the following dietary treatments: Control diet, diet A (control diet + 100 ppm zinc bacitracin), and diet T (control diet + 7 Thymus capitatus leaves) for twenty-one days. The remaining nine days they received only the control diet. The results showed that both the live body weight and feed conversion ratio were positively affected by the antibiotic diet (P<0.05). However, the rabbits' growth performance was not influenced by dietary thyme supplements. The antimicrobial effect of thyme observed against C. perfringens in caecum is not determined even after 20 days of treatment. In conclusion, zootechnical parameters and mortality were not positively affected by dietary thyme supplements comparing it with the antibiotic diet, but these phytobiotics showed the antibacterial effect against E. coli and C. perfringens in caecum of rabbit. © 2023, Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research. All Rights Reserved.
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