Dietarily induced changes in liver composition and weight of fattening rabbits

Authors :: K. Fegeros
G. Papadomichelakis
Evangelos Zoidis
Source :: Livestock Science. 144:190-196
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2012.
Abstract: Forty eight New Zealand × Californian rabbits were used to investigate the effects of diets with either a low (LDF) or high (HDF) inclusion of sugar beet pulp and wheat bran (feedstuffs rich in degradable fibre; DF) supplemented with or without soybean oil (20 g SO/kg) on liver weight and composition, according to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement. At 77 days of age, the livers were excised, weighed, and analyzed for glycogen, cholesterol, and protein content and fatty acid (FA) composition. The HDF diets decreased liver relative weight (g/100 g body weight; P