5. Conclusions
The inclusion of barley, wheat and corn DDGS at 20% in the diet of
rabbits did not affect most of the carcass and meat quality traits. The
use of barley and corn DDGS increased the carcass fat percentage,
while still maintaining their carcasses in a lean range.
The use of barley, corn and wheat DDGS at 20% did not change the
fatty acid profile of the rabbit meat, while the slight modification produced
by the inclusion of corn DDGS at 40% led to better indexes from
a health point of view.
Conflict of interest
None of the authors of the manuscript has declared any conflict of
interest.
Acknowledgments
The authors are obliged to the European Commission for the PhD
grant from the ARBOPEUE EMECW program, which made the present
work possible. This study was also partially supported by the Interministerial Commission for Science and Technology (CICYT) of the
Spanish Government (AGL2011-30170-C02-01). The authors are indebted
to Dr. Pilar Hernández and Cristina Zomeño for their aid in the
fatty acid determination.