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Effects on Growth Performance Parameters, Carcass Traits, Meat Nutrimental Quality and Intramuscular Fatty Acid Profile of Rabbits Fed with Diets with Avocado Waste ( Persea americana Mill)

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  • Johana Paola Galeano-Díaz

    (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”, Toluca 50090, Estado de Mexico, Mexico)

  • Juan Edrei Sánchez-Torres

    (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”, Toluca 50090, Estado de Mexico, Mexico)

  • Ignacio Arturo Domínguez-Vara

    (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”, Toluca 50090, Estado de Mexico, Mexico)

  • Ernesto Morales-Almaraz

    (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Campus Universitario “El Cerrillo”, Toluca 50090, Estado de Mexico, Mexico)

  • Javier German Rodríguez-Carpena

    (Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura “Amado Nervo”, Tepic 63155, Nayarit, Mexico)

  • Fernando Grageola-Nuñez

    (Unidad Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura “Amado Nervo”, Tepic 63155, Nayarit, Mexico)

  • Gema Nieto-Martinez

    (Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Food Science, Veterinary Faculty, University of Murcia, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Spain)

Abstract

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the effect of four levels (0%, 4.32%, 8.39% or 12.25%) of avocado waste (AW) included in the diets on productive performance, carcass characteristics and meat nutritional quality of fattening rabbits. For that, one hundred and twenty male rabbits (New Zealand × California; 945 ± 47 g initial body weight) were fed over 28 days, randomly distributed to one of the four treatments (T) (T1 = 0, T2 = 4.32, T3 = 8.39 and T4 = 12.25% AW as fed). The chemical and fatty acids profiles were evaluated in the Longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) muscle. The rabbits fed with 8.39% of AW reported the best productive parameters ( p < 0.05), the greater ( p < 0.05) dissectible adipose tissue and higher polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) n-3 content ( p < 0.05) than control meat. It is concluded that the inclusion of AW in the growing–finishing rabbit’s diet can modify the nutritional quality of the meat, reducing the n-6/n-3 ratio and the thrombogenic index.

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  • Johana Paola Galeano-Díaz & Juan Edrei Sánchez-Torres & Ignacio Arturo Domínguez-Vara & Ernesto Morales-Almaraz & Javier German Rodríguez-Carpena & Fernando Grageola-Nuñez & Gema Nieto-Martinez, 2023. "Effects on Growth Performance Parameters, Carcass Traits, Meat Nutrimental Quality and Intramuscular Fatty Acid Profile of Rabbits Fed with Diets with Avocado Waste ( Persea americana Mill)," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:13:y:2023:i:3:p:549-:d:1079273
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