Effect of dietary organic zinc sources on growth performance, incidence of diarrhoea, serum and tissue zinc concentrations, and intestinal morphology in growing rabbits

J.Y. Yan; G.W. Zhang; C. Zhang; L. Tang; S.Y. Kuang

doi:10.4995/wrs.2017.5770

Authors

J.Y. Yan Sichuan Academy of Animal Science
G.W. Zhang Southwest University
C. Zhang Sichuan Academy of Animal Science
L. Tang Sichuan Academy of Animal Science
S.Y. Kuang Sichuan Academy of Animal Science

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2017.5770

Keywords:

zinc, growth performance, health, body Zn concentration, intestinal morphology, rabbit

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary organic zinc (Zn) sources on growth performance, the incidence of diarrhoea, serum and tissue Zn concentration, and intestinal morphology in growing rabbits. A total of 120 New Zealand White rabbits aged 35 d and with an initial body weight of 755±15 g, were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups for a 49 d feeding trial. Dietary treatments were designed with different Zn supplements as follows: (1) Control group: 80 mg/kg Zn as ZnSO4; (2) ZnLA group: 80 mg/kg Zn as Zn lactate; (3) ZnMet group: 80 mg/kg Zn as Zn methionine; (4) ZnGly group: 80 mg/kg Zn as Zn glycine. The results showed that, when compared with rabbits fed ZnSO4, supplementation with ZnLA improved (P<0.05) growth performance and led to a lower (P<0.01) incidence of diarrhoea. ZnLA supplement increased the liver Zn concentration (58.97 vs. 46.59 mg/g; P<0.05) compared with rabbits fed ZnSO4. Supplementing with ZnLA increased duodenum villi height (681.63 vs. 587.14 μm, P<0.05) and decreased duodenum crypt depth (141.69 vs. 168.91 μm; P<0.05) when compared to that of the control group. However, experimental results obtained ZnMet and ZnGly supplementation were no significantly different to ZnSO4, except that feeding ZnMet led to higher (P<0.05) Zn concentrations in serum and liver than rabbits fed ZnSO4. The results indicated that supplementation with 80 mg/kg Zn as ZnLA could improve growth performance, increase liver Zn concentration and enhance duodenum morphology, while reducing the incidence of diarrhoea in growing rabbits.

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Author Biographies

J.Y. Yan, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science

Institute of Animal Nutrition

G.W. Zhang, Southwest University

Department of Animal Science, Rongchang Campus

C. Zhang, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science

Institute of Animal Nutrition

L. Tang, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science

Institute of Animal Nutrition

S.Y. Kuang, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science

Institute of Animal Nutrition

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