Plasma urea nitrogen as an indicator of amino acid imbalance in rabbit diets
Grouping of breeding rabbit does at different time points: effects on fertility, mortality and weight
Molecular characterisation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in Escherichia coli strains isolated from diarrhoeic and healthy rabbits in Tunisia
Status and origin of Egyptian local rabbits in comparison with Spanish common rabbits using mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis
Technical note: Residues of gaseous air pollutants in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) tissues
[EN] The modern consumer is concerned not only for meat quality, but also about animal welfare and the environment. Studies were conducted to determine the concentration of gaseous residues in the tissues of rabbits. For ...
Marín García, Pablo Jesús; López Luján, Mª del Carmen; Ródenas Martínez, Luis; Martínez-Paredes, Eugenio Melchor; Blas Ferrer, Enrique; Pascual Amorós, Juan José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-06-30)
[EN] In recent decades, recommendations on dietary protein content have been considerably reduced, while fibre content has been increased. Under these conditions, an adequate dietary amino acid balance could be crucial to ...
[EN] Semi-group housing in breeding does has been shown to reduce production and breeding success in comparison to single-housed animals. One reason for this reduction could be stress and aggression when grouping does only ...
Emam, Ahmed Mostafa; Afonso, Sandra; González-Redondo, Pedro; Mehaisen, G.M.K.; Azoz, A.A.A.; Ahmed, N.A.; Fernand, N.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-06-30)
[EN] Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and cytochrome b (cyt b) gene sequences were used to determine the status of genetic diversity and phylogeny for 132 individuals from local rabbit breeds in Egypt and Spain. The Egyptian local ...
Ben Rhouma, Raouia; Jouini, Ahlem; Klibi, Amira; Hamrouni, Safa; Boubaker, Aziza; Kmiha, Souhir; Maaroufi, Abderrazek(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-06-30)
[EN] The purpose of this study was to identify Escherichia coli isolates in diarrhoeic and healthy rabbits in Tunisia and characterise their virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. In the 2014-2015 period, 60 faecal ...