Falcone Diuly Bortoluzzi, Klinger Ana Carolina Kohlrausch, de Toledo Geni Salete Pinto, da Silva Leila Picolli
Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2020 Mar;52(2):681-685. doi: 10.1007/s11250-019-02057-z. Epub 2019 Aug 28.
In developing countries, agricultural areas are used to grow ingredients for rabbits' nutrition instead of food for the human population. In this context, in places where people starve, it is unreasonable to use ingredients, such as maize, in rabbits' diets. This research aimed to evaluate performance, meat composition and coloration, and economic viability in rabbits fed with diets containing banana peel (BP) in substitution to maize. Forty-five White New Zealand rabbits were used; they were weaned at 35 days old and divided into five treatments in a completely randomized design. The animals were fed with some of the following diets: control diet (0BP)-without banana peel; experimental diets: 25BP, 50BP, 75BP and 100BP-with 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of banana peel in substitution to maize, respectively. Means were compared through analysis of variance, followed by Tukey test (0.05). Results indicate there were no differences in performance and meat parameters. Banana peel inclusion resulted in lower costs. Therefore, banana peel can replace maize up to 100% in diets for rabbits with no loss in performance and meat composition, representing a promising alternative in rabbits' nutrition.
在发展中国家，农业用地被用于种植兔子的营养成分原料，而非供人类食用的食物。在这种背景下，在人们面临饥饿的地方，在兔子日粮中使用诸如玉米之类的原料是不合理的。本研究旨在评估用香蕉皮（BP）替代玉米的日粮喂养的兔子的生长性能、肉的组成和色泽以及经济可行性。使用了45只新西兰白兔；它们在35日龄断奶，并采用完全随机设计分为五个处理组。给动物喂食以下日粮中的一种：对照日粮（0BP）——不含香蕉皮；试验日粮：25BP、50BP、75BP和100BP——分别用25%、50%、75%和100%的香蕉皮替代玉米。通过方差分析比较均值，随后进行Tukey检验（0.05）。结果表明，生长性能和肉的参数没有差异。添加香蕉皮降低了成本。因此，香蕉皮可以在兔子日粮中100%替代玉米，而不会使生长性能和肉的组成下降，这是兔子营养方面一个有前景的替代方案。
