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Lantibiotic Nisin Applied in Broiler Rabbits and Its Effect on the Growth Performance and Carcass Quality

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Nisin is a bacteriocin marketed as Nisaplin. The aim of this study was to follow the effect of commercial lantibiotic nisin on the growth performance and carcass quality of broiler rabbits. The increase of average daily gain (by 9.4%) was recorded in the nisin group. The treatment did not have a negative influence on the pH, colour, water-holding capacity, protein and fat contents or energetic value of the rabbit carcass. Inferring from the higher average daily gain and the higher protein and lower fat content, we conclude that the diet supplementation with nisin may enhance the quality of rabbit meat.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the projects VEGA 2/0006/17 and ITMS 26220220204 (Probiotech, Centre of Competency for biomodulators and nutritive additives). We are grateful to Mrs. Margita Bodnárová and Mr. Peter Jerga for their skillful technical assistance. We are also grateful to Ing. Ľubomír Ondruška, Dr. Vladimír Párkányi and Dr. Rastislav Jurčík, from the National Agricultural and Food Centre in Nitra for animal handling, slaughtering and meat sampling.

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This work was supported by the projects VEGA 2/0006/17and ITMS 26220220204 (Probiotech-Centre of Competency for biomodulators and nutritive additives).

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  1. Institute of Animal Physiology, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Šoltésovej 4-6, 04001, Košice, Slovakia

    Monika Pogány Simonová & Andrea Lauková

  2. Department of Animal Nutrition, National Agricultural and Food Centre, Hlohovecká 2, 95141, Nitra-Lužianky, Slovakia

    Ľubica Chrastinová, Mária Chrenková & Zuzana Formelová

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Pogány Simonová, M., Chrastinová, Ľ., Chrenková, M. et al. Lantibiotic Nisin Applied in Broiler Rabbits and Its Effect on the Growth Performance and Carcass Quality. Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. 11, 1414–1417 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-019-9525-0

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