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<p>Weaned rabbits become extremely vulnerable to enteric infections as a result of ban of using antibiotics as growth promoters. Recently, there are a growing interest in natural alternatives of antibiotics that could be used in rabbit production. Nutraceuticals are dietary components that offer additional health benefits override their nutritive benefits. Nutraceuticals include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, enzymes, organic acids, fatty acids, medicinal plants, etc. Due to its potential impacts on maintaining the normal physiological status, strengthening the immune system, and preventing illness, which ultimately led to an increase in productivity, nutraceuticals have recently attracted a lot of attention in rabbit farms. The objective of the present review is to provide information on recent findings about the advantages of dietary supplementation of nutraceuticals on performance, digestibility, meat quality, antioxidative properties, and immunological response in rabbits.</p>
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Weaned rabbits become extremely vulnerable to enteric infections as a result of ban of using antibiotics as growth promoters. Recently, there are a growing interest in natural alternatives of antibiotics that could be used in rabbit production. Nutraceuticals are dietary components that offer additional health benefits override their nutritive benefits. Nutraceuticals include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, enzymes, organic acids, fatty acids, medicinal plants, etc. Due to its potential impacts on maintaining the normal physiological status, strengthening the immune system, and preventing illness, which ultimately led to an increase in productivity, nutraceuticals have recently attracted a lot of attention in rabbit farms. The objective of the present review is to provide information on recent findings about the advantages of dietary supplementation of nutraceuticals on performance, digestibility, meat quality, antioxidative properties, and immunological response in rabbits.

Current prospects of nutraceuticals in rabbit productivity and health – an updated review

Department of Animal Production and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Department of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University

Food Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture

Annals of Animal Science

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Weaned rabbits become extremely vulnerable to enteric infections as a result of ban of using antibiotics as growth promoters. Recently, there are a growing...

Current prospects of nutraceuticals in rabbit productivity and health – an updated review

Publicado en línea: 05 oct 2023

Páginas: -

Recibido: 09 may 2023

Aceptado: 17 ago 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0084

Palabras clave
nutrition, performance, meat quality, immunity, health

© 2023 Tarek A. Ebeid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Current prospects of nutraceuticals in rabbit productivity and health – an updated review

Publicado en línea: 05 oct 2023

Páginas: -

Recibido: 09 may 2023

Aceptado: 17 ago 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2023-0084

Palabras clavenutrition, performance, meat quality, immunity, health

© 2023 Tarek A. Ebeid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
nutrition, performance, meat quality, immunity, health