Fattening rabbits with an ethanol extract of Dalbergia palo-escrito Rzed: effects on productive performance, carcass traits, and meat quality

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  • Sarai García-Valencia Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Av. Universidad No. 133. Col. San Miguel Huatengo, 43775, Santiago Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Hidalgo, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0310-9314
  • Sergio Soto-Simental Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Av. Universidad No. 133. Col. San Miguel Huatengo, 43775, Santiago Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Hidalgo, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6923-0926
  • Alejandro Palacios-Espinosa Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. Departamento de Ciencia Animal y Conservación del Habitat. La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4726-4164
  • Maricela Ayala-Martínez Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias. Av. Universidad No. 133. Col. San Miguel Huatengo, 43775, Santiago Tulantepec de Lugo Guerrero, Hidalgo, México. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-218X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22319/rmcp.v16i4.6854

Palabras clave:

Alternative ingredients, Rabbit meat, Productive performance, Tree leaves extract, Meat product

Resumen

The leaves from the Dalbergia palo-escrito Rzed tree have a high nutritional content. The objective of this work was to evaluate productive performance, carcass and meat quality, including meatball shelf life when an ethanolic extract of D. palo-escrito is used as feed for fattening rabbits. Forty-eight (48) rabbits were divided into two groups to obtain productive parameters and variables indicating carcass quality, meat characteristics, as well as microbial and physicochemical indicators for the shelf-life of meatballs. Total feed consumption was higher (P<0.05) in control group, although the feed conversion ratio was lower (P<0.05). All morphometric measurements, carcass traits, primal cuts and leg dissections were different (P<0.05) between the treatments, except for animal length. Values for pH, water holding capacity and cooking losses were higher (P<0.05) in control group, however, the L* value for the texture profile analysis parameters were higher (P<0.05) in the ethanolic extract group. Regarding meatballs, the total viable bacterial counts at 7 d of storage were higher (P<0.05) in control group. It was concluded that feeding D. palo-escrito ethanolic extracts decrease feed intake, weight gain, total weight gain; these resulted in a decrease in carcass traits, primal cut weight, and carcass quality of rabbit meat. However, the ethanolic extracts did not have an effect on meatballs during storage time and had stable pH and attowatts values during 14 d of storage.

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García-Valencia, S., Soto-Simental, S., Palacios-Espinosa, A., & Ayala-Martínez, M. (2025). Fattening rabbits with an ethanol extract of Dalbergia palo-escrito Rzed: effects on productive performance, carcass traits, and meat quality. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Pecuarias, 16(4), 852–867. https://doi.org/10.22319/rmcp.v16i4.6854
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