Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 38-38.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2017.05.009

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Effect of Dietary Lysine and Sulfur Amino Acid Ratio on Fur Quality of Rex Rabbit in Late Fattening Period

JIA Hai-jun1, ZHI Yong-wei1, CHANG Lei1, ZHANG Le1, GU Zi-lin2 (1.Inner Mongolia Dongda Rex Rabbit Circling Industry Research Institute, Ordos 014300, China;2.College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China)   

  • Online:2017-05-20 Published:2017-05-20

Abstract: In order to determine the appropriate dietary lysine and sulfur amino acid ratio for Rex Rabbit in late fattening period, a total of 300 3-month-old white Rex Rabbit were randomly and averagely divided into six groups. The lysine (0.80%) and sulfur amino acid (0.56%) ratio in basal diet of control group was 1:0.7 and that of experimental Ⅰ to Ⅴ group was adjust to 1:0.8, 1:0.9, 1 : 1.0, 1 : 1.1, 1 : 1.2 by supplementing methionine. The experimental period lasted for 50 days; the disease incidence and mortality of Rex Rabbits in each group during the whole experiment period were observed and recorded, and the survival rate was calculated; at the end of the experiment, the hair density and hair length of Rex Rabbits in different groups were determined and statistically compared; the fur quality and market price of Rex Rabbits in different groups were evaluated and compared. The results revealed that the hair density of experimental Ⅱ group was very significantly higher than that of control group, experimental Ⅲ group and experimental Ⅴ group (P〈0.01), and was significantly higher than that of experimental Ⅳ group (P〈 0.05 ); the hair density of experimental I group was significantly higher than that of control group, experimental Ⅲ group and experimental V group (P〈0.05); different dietary lysine and sulfur amino acid ratio had no significant impact on hair length of Rex Rabbit (P〉0.05); there were 25 pieces of first-grade fur in both experimental I group and experimental Ⅱ group which were more than that in the other groups; the highest proportion (73.33%) of superior-grade fur was obtained in experimental Ⅱ group; the income from fur selling of control group, experimental Ⅲ group, experimental IV group and experimental V group was 4.75%, 8.29%, 5.70%, 13.62% less than that of experimental Ⅱ group; the highest (100%) and the lowest survival rate (88.00%) were observed in experimental Ⅰ group and experimental Ⅴ group, respectively. Under the experimental condition (basal diet containing 0.80% of lysine) of this study, the recommended dietary lysine and sulfur amino acid ratio for Rex Rabbit in late fattening period was ( 1:0.8)-(1:0.9).

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