RT Journal Article
T1 Short communication. Low dietary sodium content affects the digestibility of nutrients and fattening performance in growing rabbits
A1 Chamorro Francisco, Susana
A1 Gómez-Conde, María Soledad
A1 Carabaño, Rosa
A1 Blas, Carlos
AB An experiment was conducted to study the effect of a reduction in dietary sodium content on performance and nutrient digestibility, in rabbits weaned at 25 days of age. Two diets with the same composition and only differing in the supply of sodium chloride content (0.5 or 0%) were used. A reduction on the dietary sodium content from 2.7 to 0.6 g kg–1 DM decreased the ileal and faecal apparent digestibility of dry matter, crude protein and the ileal apparent digestibility of every amino acid studied with the exception of the phenylalanine, and reduced daily weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency. These results indicate that a reduction of the dietary sodium content up to 0.6 g kg–1 DM results excessive and insufficient to assure a correct absorption of nutrients and to maintain the growth performance in growing rabbit.
PB Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
SN 2171-9292
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91865
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91865
LA eng
NO Chamorro, S., Gómez-Conde, M. S., Carabaño, R., & Blas, J. C. (2013). Short communication. Low dietary sodium content affects the digestibility of nutrients and fattening performance in growing rabbits. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(4), 470-473. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2007054-5357
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025