The influence of beekeeping products on productivity and quality of rabbit meat

The purpose of the study consisted in the as-sessment of productive qualities of rabbits on sagination at introduction to their diet of flower pol-len in the dose of 4 and 6% of daily norm of com-pound feed. As a result of its use the average daily gain of rabbits during sagination in comparison with control in experimental groups was 35.7 and 11.75 higher respectively, the relative gain of live weight characterizing growth intensity made 98.07 % in the first experimental group; in the second it was 89.43 which was for 23.47 and 14.83 % more than con-trol. Prelethal live weight in the first experimental group was above a control indicator for 12.1 %, re-spectively lethal weight in the first experimental group for 20.7 %, in the second experimental group it was 2.8 %. The lethal exit in the first and second experimental groups was higher in comparison with control for 4.2 and 1.5 % respectively. According to the content of tryptophane in pectoral muscles the increase tendency in experimental group was on 4.5 and 3.6 % respectively. The proteinaceous indi-cator of quality of a pectoral muscle of experimental groups was higher, than in control, on 14.5 and for 8.4 %. By the general assessment the rabbit flesh received from experimental animals was consid-ered to be the meat of very high quality, and ani-mals of control group had the meat of high quality. We recommend using flower pollen into diets of rabbits in a powder form in a dose of 4 g a day for one head during the period from weaning to 90-days of age.