[EN] Rabbit artificial insemination is now commonly practised
in European countrles. In arder to maintain a "natural image" of rabbit
meat and to be consistent with animal welfare, authors discuss the
interest of ...
Martino, M.; Mattioli, S.; Farkas, P.; Szendrő, Zs.; Dal Bosco, A.; Ruggeri, S.; Matics, Zs.; Castellini, C.; Gerencsér, Zs.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-09-08)
[EN] The aim of this trial was to determine the effect of the presence of wire or plastic mesh elevated platforms on carcass traits and meat quality characteristics, with particular attention to the oxidative status of ...
[EN] The aim of the paper was to analyse the effect of collection rhythms on spermatozoa and droplet concentration of rabbit semen. Thirty adult New Zealand White rabbit bucks were submitted to 3 collection rhythms: every ...
[EN] The aim of the present work was to verify the effect of atocopheryl
acetate addition - 50 vs 200 mg kg-1
- and ascorbic acid - O
vs 1 mg L-1
- on the characteristics of rabbit semen and its fertilizing
ability. ...
[EN] The effect of 2 different techniques of mother-litter
separation on rabbit doe performance was analysed. In the first
experiment, executed in a commercial rabbitry, multiparous lactating
hybrid does were successively ...
[EN] The effect of sire strain, feeding plan, slaughter
age and sex on the carcass g~~lity were studied on 120
crossbred rabbits (White Giant (vvG), Heavy Grimaud Fréres
(HGF), Light Grimaud Fréres (LGF) with New Zealand ...
[EN] The influence of distance of transportation and
stunning method on rabbit carcass and meat quality was verified
using 100 hybrid Provisal rabbits, who carne from two intensive
farms, 400 and 15 km from the commercial ...
[EN] The present study evaluated the effects of light intensity on semen production in rabbits. Bucks were allocated to two groups which were exposed to a lighting program (16L:8D) with different light intensities (Group ...
Mattioli, S.; Martino, M.; Ruggeri, S.; Roscini, V.; Moscati, L.; Dal Bosco, A.; Castellini, C.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-12-28)
[EN] The aim of this trial was to study the effect of an alternative housing system on the oxidative status and meat quality of fattening rabbits. From May to June 2014, 60 rabbits of 35 d of age were reared in Mobile Arks ...
[EN] The present study aims at evaluating the effects of the organic extract of tyre debris (TDOE) from tyre wear on the kinetic and morphologic features of rabbit spermatozoa. Rabbit sperm were incubated for 4 h with 0, ...
Casares-Crespo, Lucía; Fernández-Serrano, P.; Vicente Antón, José Salvador; Moce Cervera, Eva Teresa; Castellini, C.; Stabile, A.M.; Viudes de Castro, María Pilar(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] The addition of aminopeptidase inhibitors (AMIs) to rabbit semen extenders could be a solution to decrease the hormone degradation (GnRH) by the aminopeptidases existing in the seminal plasma. Therefore, the quantity ...
[EN] This study was carried out to verify the long
term effect of Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotrophin (PMSG¡
treatments (20 IU three days before the induction of ovulation
with GnRH) on the fertility and ovarian response ...
[EN] The evaluation of animal welfare through innate immunity (Serum Bactericidal Activity - SBA, Hemolytic Complement Assay - HCA, lysozyme) and the antioxidant status of the body (Reactive Oxygen Substances - ROS and ...
[EN] Aim of the work was to evaluate and improve the
efficiency of an artificial vagina with a short body which permits to
collect semen almost directly into the test-tube (with the least contact
with the elastic sheath). ...
[EN] In rabbits, the number of inseminated spermatozoa plays an important role in the fertility rate obtained after artificial insemination. However, methods for the correct determination of spermatozoa number are scarce. ...