[EN] The effect of differences between tested ingredient and
basal diet dry matter content and the effect of premix inclusion on the
digestible nutrient content of tested feedstuffs are analysed. The
calculation procedures ...
Falcão-e-Cunha, L.; Castro-Solla, L.; Maertens, L.; Marounek, M.; Pinheiro, V.; Freire, J.; Mourão, J. L.(World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPV, 2007)
[EN] This review is focused on the most studied and developed substances which are commonly knownas alternatives to dietary antibiotics, particularly as far as rabbit feeds are concerned. After a reminder of thereason to ...
[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 ...
[EN] Three experimental fattening diets were each fed ad libitum to 12 animals of 8-9 weeks of age (initial weight 2,257 ± 87 g). The diets contained 0% (Control), 2% oligofructose (OF) (Raftifeed(R) OPS) or 2% inulin ...
[EN] Soluble fibre (SF) is an important nutrient to enhance fermentative activity and gut health in rabbits. The main source of SF in rabbit diets is sugar beet pulp (SBP), whereas, due to its high content of SF (34%), ...
[EN] Aggression among growing rabbits reduces production efficiency, and negatively affects the animal s welfare. Understanding hierarchy development may improve its predictive value with regard to differential access to ...
[EN] Using a 3-factorial design, the effect of two
commercial diluents (IMV vs Minitüb), two storage times
(fresh vs 6h storage at ambient temperature) and a lighting
schedule was stud1ed on artificial inseminated does. ...
Maertens, L.; Van Renterghem, R.; De Groote, G.(World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPV, 1994)
[EN] Sixty does and their 461 weanlings were
used to study the effect of dietary supplementation
(1.0 x 106 CFU} of the probiotic Paciflor®
(Bacillus CIP 5$32) on their performances, does' milk
composition and caecal ...
[EN] Although the rabbit is considered as a mammal
with an extreme high reproduction capacity, the irregular
alternation of oestrous and anoestrous periods 1s a
disadvantage in view of a regular, synchronized ...
Maertens, L.; Cornez, B.; Vereecken, M.; Van Oye, S.(World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPV, 2005)
[EN] The present study evaluated under field conditions the efficacy of bacitracin zinc soluble powder (Bacivet S(R) ) for the treatment of Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy (ERE). A blinded study was conducted in compliance ...
[EN] This paper describes a standardized method for
in vivo determination of total digestibility in rabbits. This
method was working out within the European Group on
Rabbit Nutrition (EGRAN) which involves six ...
[EN] A collaborative study involving six European
laboratories from five countries (Belgium, Franca, ltaly,
Portugal and Spain) was undertaken to assess the
reproaucibility of an E:uropean standard method for in ...
Maertens, L.; Van Gaver, D.(World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPV, 2010)
The present study was designed in order to evaluate the effi cacy and safety of Cycostat (R) 66G in the prevention and control of coccidiosis in breeding does after experimentally induced infection with common Eimeria spp. ...
[EN] Caecal contents were collected from six 16h fasted (F)
and six non fasted (NF) rabbits, sacrificed between 9 and 1 Oam. They
were incubated for 24h/39ºC and net productions of volatile fatty
acids (VFA) and methane ...
[EN] Twenty-four, individually cagad 5-week-old rabbits
were used to determine the nutritiva value of brewer's grains.
Digestibility was determinad using the substitution method with rabbits
aged 45 to 50 d of age. Sun ...
[EN] The aim of the present study was to determine the intra- and inter-laboratory variability of an enzymatic system of in vitro analysis for estimating dry matter (DM) digestibility in rabbits and validating the predicted ...
[EN] A special type of vinasse
(EX16) , with a high content of yeast cellwalls, was
incorporated in the pelleted diet of fattening rabbits at rates of
0-4 or 8 %, replacing cane molasses or cane molasses and
beet pulp. ...
[EN] Rabbíts weaned at 32 days of age were fed one of two isoenergetic
(10.6 MJ ADE/kg) and iso-protein (17 %) feeds ad
libitum: feed S with 25.8 % starch, 3.2 % fat and 16.2 % acid
detergent fibre (ADF) and feed F with ...
[EN] Manure is no longer exclusively considered as a fertiliser in areas with high densities of farm animals. Efforts are being made to reduce mineral excretion or to stimulate a more environmentalfriendly use. In such a ...
[EN] A study of the mortality rate at birth and the
distribution of litter size frequencies was performed on 3
consecutive artificial inseminations of 2 groups of rabbit does.
In the experimental group the does were ...