[EN] In society today, there is increasing concern for the welfare of farm animals. New models of rabbit breeding are proposed, such as group housing of rabbit does in a semi-group system or environmental enrichment of ...
Machado, Rui; Santos, Pedro(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-12-23)
[EN] Wild rabbit is a relevant species in the Iberian Peninsula due to its ecological and economic roles. Conservationists and game managers therefore have a shared interest in assuring the existence of resilient and ...
Wu, Xue Zhuang; Yang, Pei Long; Gao, Xiu Hua; Wen, Zhi Guo; Dai, Si Fa; Zhu, Ming Xia; Wang, Li Xin(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-12-23)
[EN] This study aimed to investigate the effect of sundried big-leaf mulberry (BLM) as a replacement for alfalfa on the growth performance, digestibility of nutrients, nitrogen (N) utilisation and meat quality in New Zealand ...
Liu, L.; Gao, Q.; Wang, C.; Fu, Z.; Wang, K.; Li, F. C.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-12-23)
[EN] An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of cobalt supplementation on hair follicle development in rabbits. Rex rabbits (30-d-old, n=180) were divided randomly into five equal treatment groups: rabbits ...
Yang, L.Q; Zhang, K.; Wu, Q. Y; Li, J.; Lai, S. J; Song, T. Z; Zhang, M.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-12-23)
[EN] Two unknown single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites in exons 1 (c.194C>T) and 2 (c.445T>A) of meat-type rabbit MSTN gene were identified in the study. Our objective was to analyse the population genetics ...