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THE IMPACT OF ADDING AROMA ON CHINCILLA DECREASE FUR CHEWING

Saša Obradović ; Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
Marija Vukašinović ; Veterinary Specialized Institute, Kraljevo, Serbia
Mirko Saftić ; Ireks-Aroma, Zagreb, Croatia
Milanko Šekler ; Veterinary Specialized Institute, Kraljevo, Serbia
Jovan Vukašinović ; Faculty of Business Economics-Megatrend, Valjevo, Serbia
Branko Andrić ; BA in veterinary medicine, Velvet, Belgrade, Serbia

Sažetak

The success of chinchilla breeding largerly depends on the quality and intactness of their fur. In this paper the effect of apple aroma as food additive in concentration of 0,04% on performance and reduction of fur chewing as studied. The obtained results show that the positive results of the examined aroma use include increased body mass by1.36%, increased daily gain by 21.18 %, increased consumption of food by 0.48% and 17.13% improvement of food conversion. The additon of apple aroma to the feed also had a positive impact on decreased fur chewing by chincillas. Only 5% out of the total number of treated chinchillas in this group had chewed fur, in comparison with the control group (without aroma addition) where 30% of animals had damaged fur, which is an important statistical improvement (p<0.01).

Ključne riječi

chinchilla; aroma; fur; conversion; growth; fur chewing

Hrčak ID:

74639

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/74639

Datum izdavanja:

6.12.2011.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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