Use of dehydrated sainfoin in rabbit feeding. Effects of a moderate dietary incorporation on performance and health of does and growing rabbits under an optimal farming environment
Reproduction
Prenatal factors affecting the probability of survival between birth and weaning in rabbits
Management
Estimation of grass biomass consumed by rabbits housed in movable paddocks
Measuring the economic performance of small-scale rabbit production agribusiness enterprises
Welfare and behaviour
Effect of group size and escape enrichment on reproductive performance of breeding does in part-time group housing
Abstracts
Abstracts of the VII American Rabbit Congress. Varadero, Cuba, 12th-13th October, 2022
[EN] Biomass allowance is a key feature in pasture-based rabbit production systems. It conditions not only the stock density (rabbits/m²) and/or the number of grazing days, it also influences the grazing behaviour of ...
[EN] Last October 12 and 13, 2022, the VII American Rabbit Congress took place within the framework of the 2022 Animal Production and Agro-Development Convention, which was held from October 10 to 14, 2022 at the Plaza ...
Van Damme, Liesbeth G. W.; Delezie, Evelyne; Maertens, Luc; Ampe, Bart; Tuyttens, Frank A. M.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-03-31)
[EN] Societal demands for group housing of social farm animals such as rabbits are increasing due to animal welfare concerns. When breeding does are housed in groups, maternal protective behaviour negatively affects the ...
Mukaila, Ridwan(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-03-31)
[EN] Reducing malnutrition and poverty remains at the centre of policy. Rabbit rearing, of great economic importance, is a critical pathway to achieving this. Good knowledge of the profitability of rabbit production and ...
Belabbas, Rafik; Ezzeroug, Rym; García, María de la Luz; Berbar, Ali; Zitouni, Ghania; Taalaziza, Djamel; Boudjella, Zoulikha; Boudahdir, Nassima; Dis, Samir; Argente, María José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-03-31)
[EN] The aim of this study was to analyse the relationships between kit birth weight and litter size with
kit survival from birth to weaning, and to estimate the effects of place of birth, nest quality, cannibalism,
lactation, ...