TETYANA L. SYVYK1; LEONID S. DYACHENKO2; OLENA M. TYTARIOVA2; OLHA P. SHULKO3; OLEG P. OSIPENKO4; LIUDMYLA V. PIROVA1; VITA V. BILKEVYCH5
1 Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Department of Technology of Milk and Meat Production, Faculty of Biological Technology, 09111 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
2 Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Department of Technology of Feed, Feed Additives and Animal Feeding, Faculty of Biological Technology, 09111 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
3 Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Department of Ecology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Ecology, 09111 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
4 Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Department of Food Technologies and Technologies of Processing of Livestock Products, Faculty of Biological Technology, 09111 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
5 Bila Tserkva National Agrarian University, Department of Production of Poultry and Pig Production, Faculty of Biological Technology, 09111 Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
Syvyk, T.L., L.S. Dyachenko, O.M. Tytariova, O.P. Shulko, O.P. Osipenko, L.V. Pirova and V.V. Bilkevych, 2018. Productivity of rabbits and balance of selenium in their body by feeding different doses of selenium. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 24 (3): 480–483
It is impossible to achieve a high level of rabbits’ productivity, maintaining their health and reproductive capacity, without the presence of Selenium. Vegetable fodders, which are traditionally the main component of their rations, contain an insufficient amount of this microelement. Conflicting results of experiments conducted in the world, led to further study of this issue and conducting of scientific and economic experiments to establish optimal dose of Selenium for rabbits which are farmed for meat. During the experiment the average daily live weight of rabbits was investigated, as well as the digestion of Selenium in their body and content of Selenium in the blood. Thus, we have found that the optimal dose of Selenium in the fodder mixture for young rabbits is 0.2 mg / kg of dry matter.