Dietary effect of fermented wheat powder (lisosan g) on productive performance and meat quality in intensively-reared rabbit

Cereals are basic food for human consumption and for animal feeding containing a wide variety of components with nutraceutical properties. several dietary nutraceutical supplements were used in rabbit diet to improve the meat quality. the effect of the lisosan g enrich-feed on the productive performance and meat quality in growing rabbits was evaluated. the trial lasted 63 days and was conducted in an experimental rabbitry on 40-weaned and clinically healthy male rabbits. animals were fed a commercial diet and randomly assigned to four treatments: control diet (con group) and diet supplemented with 10 g/kg (lis1 group) or 20 g/kg (lis2 group) or 30 g/kg (lis3 group). performance parameters,such as body weight,average daily gain,feed intake,feed conversion indices and results relating to slaughter reliefs were not statistically affected by the experimental treatments. the lisosan g supplementation,at the rate of 20 g/kg feed,produced in rabbits a significant improvement of qualitative characteristics of the meat,characterized by higher oxidative stability,with a lower level of tbars providing also a positive effect on meat shelf-life. dietary treatments including fermented wheat powder improved meat the fatty acid profile,highlighted by a significant reduction of saturated fatty acid (sfa) and a marked increase of polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa),leading to an improvement of the nutritional value of the meat and with positive effects on consumer's health.