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Effects of SeNPs-enriched Bacillus supplementation on growth performance, nutrients digestibility and blood constituents of growing rabbits
* 1 , 2 , 3
1  Livestock Research Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
2  Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
3  Department of By-products Utilization Research, Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt.
Academic Editor: Andrea Pezzuolo

https://doi.org/10.3390/IECA2021-12032 (registering DOI)
Abstract:

Both selenium (Se) and the probiotic Bacillus regulate animal metabolism to help in defense and improve performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplemental selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) and Bacillus subtilis (BS) in the form of SeNPs-enriched Bacillus subtilis (SNEBS) on growth performance, nutrient digestion, nitrogen balance and serum biochemistry in growing rabbits. One hundred and five 42-day-old New Zealand White male growing rabbits weighing 762 ± 13.8 g were randomly distributed in five equal groups (21 each), each treatment having seven replicates (3 rabbits each). Dietary treatments were control (no probiotic), while the other four groups were supplemented with probiotics (BS alone at doses 0.5 × 109 and 1 × 109 cfu /kg diet, SNEBS at doses 0.5 × 109 and 1 × 109 cfu /kg diet), respectively. The feed duration was 70 days. The results showed that rabbits fed a diet supplemented with either BS or SNEBS had higher final body weight (FBW) and average daily gain (ADG), digestibility coefficients of DM, CP, NDF, and ADF, nitrogen balance, and nitrogen absorbed (p<0.05) than rabbits fed a control diet. Adding different levels of BS and SNEBS to rabbit diet resulted in a considerable rise in the dressing percentage weight of the rabbits. Total protein, albumin, and globulin were significantly increased (P < 0.05), but serum cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, and LDL were significantly decreased (P < 0.05) by supplementation with different levels of BS and SNEBS. It may be concluded that at the studied doses, the probiotic Bacillus subtilis alone or SeNPs-enriched Bacillus subtilis can be applied in rabbit rations to boost productivity with no adverse effects.

Keywords: Bacillus subtilis, SeNPs, growth performance, nutrients digestibility, blood constituents, rabbits
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