A common problem in rabbits is the occurrence of digestive disorders just after weaning. This problem is associated with instability of the cecal microflora and characterized by diarrhea, loss of appetite and increased mortality. In the current study the effects of mannan oligosaccharide (MOS, Bio-Mos®, Alltech Inc., USA), a natural growth promoter, were compared to a commonly used antibiotic growth promoter (A...
The five experimental treatments were as follow: Control (no additives); MOS 1 (Bio-Mos®, 1 g kg−1); MOS 1.5 (Bio-Mos®, 1.5 g kg−1); MOS 2 (Bio-Mos®, 2 g kg−1) and AGP (Zn-Bacitracin; 0.1 g kg−1). Experimental diets were based on alfalfa, sunflower meal, wheat and beet pulp and were offered ad libitum through out the experiment. Trial 1 used 400 weaned mixed-sex rabbits divided into the five treatments with 10 ...
A common problem in rabbits is the occurrence of digestive disorders just after weaning. This problem is usually associated with instability of the cecal microflora and characterized by diarrhea, loss of appetite and increased mortality. In the current study the effects of a mannan oligosaccharide (MOS, Bio-MOS ® , Alltech Inc. USA) was compared to a commonly used antibiotic (AGP, Zn-Bacitracin). The current s...
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