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Effect of dietary supplementation with insect fats on growth performance, digestive efficiency and health of rabbits.

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Gasco, Laura, Dabbou, Sihem, Trocino, Angela, Xiccato, Gerolamo, Capucchio, Maria Teresa, Biasato, Ilaria, Dezzutto, Daniela, Birolo, Marco +3 more·2019·Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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BACKGROUND: L.) on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, blood parameters, intestinal morphology and health of growing rabbits. METHODS: At weaning, 200 crossbred rabbits (36 days old) were allotted to five dietary treatments (40 rabbits/group): a control diet (C) containing 1.5% of soybean oil and four experimental diets where soybean oil was partially (50%) or totally (100%) substituted by H (H50 and H100) or T (T50 and T100) fats. Total tract digestibility was evaluated on 12 rabbits per treatment. The growth trial lasted 41 d and, at slaughtering (78 days old), blood samples were collected from 15 rabbits per treatment, morphometric analyses were performed on duodenum, jejunum and ileum mucosa, and samples of liver, spleen and kidney were submitted to histological evaluation. RESULTS: No difference was observed between the control and the experimental groups fed insect fats in terms of performance, morbidity, mortality and blood variables. The addition of H and T fats did not influence apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter, protein, ether extract, fibre fractions and gross energy. Gut morphometric indices and organ histopathology were not affected by dietary inclusion of H and T fats. CONCLUSIONS: H and T fats are suitable sources of lipid in rabbit diets to replace soybean oil without any detrimental effect on growth performance, apparent digestibility, gut mucosa traits and health.

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Gasco, L., Dabbou, S., Trocino, A., Xiccato, G., Capucchio, M. T., Biasato, I., Dezzutto, D., Birolo, M., Meneguz, M., Schiavone, A., & Gai, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Turin (IT)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • National Research Council (IT)
Corresponding author
Schiavone, Achille
Venue
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Published
2019-01-17
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
4-4
ISSN
  • 1674-9782 (ISSN-L)
  • 2049-1891
OpenAlex
W2912782329
Cited by
97
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 9
FWCI
10.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
Università degli Studi di Torino (2015-2016-2017)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Keywords
insect fat, dietary fat supplementation, soybean oil replacement, rabbit farming, growth performance, nutrient digestibility, intestinal morphology, blood parameters, organ histopathology, rabbit health

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