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Feeding strategy for young rabbits around weaning: a review of digestive capacity and nutritional needs
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The digestive maturation of the young rabbit is reviewed and it indicates that their nutritional needs and those of lactating females are antagonistic in many aspects, whilst a low starch, high fibre diet around weaning improves the health of theYoung rabbit after weaning.Abstract:
The digestive maturation of the young rabbit is reviewed. It indicates that their nutritional needs and those of lactating females are antagonistic in many aspects. Energy requirements of lactating females are very high, whilst a low starch, high fibre diet around weaning improves the health of the young after weaning. To solve this problem, several feeding and management strategies are presented and discussed. If weaning occurs between 28 and 35 days of age, feeding the young with a specific diet, different from the female’s, seems an effective solution. Otherwise, it is necessary to find a compromise between the needs of the litter and of the doe. Early weaning (< 26 days) could be also a promising way to provide adequate feeding for the young as soon as they begin to eat solid food.read more
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Nutrition of the rabbit
C. de Blas,Julian Wiseman +1 more
TL;DR: This booklet discusses Rabbit Digestive System of the Rabbit, Pet Rabbit Feeding and Nutrition, and the Influence of the Diet on Rabbit Meat Quality.
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The Nutrition of the Rabbit
C. de Blas,Julian Wiseman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Digestive system of the rabbit is described and the influence of the diet on rabbit meat quality is discussed. But the authors focus on the rabbit's behavior and do not address the management of the animal's diet.
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Distribution of activity of hydrolytic enzymes in the digestive tract of rabbits
TL;DR: The presence of microbial enzymes (pectinase, cellulase, xylanase, inulinase and urease) in non-fermentative segments of the digestive tract reflects the reingestion of caecal contents during coprophagy.
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The identification of the antimicrobial factors of the stomach contents of sucking rabbits.
A Cañas-Rodriguez,HW Smith +1 more
TL;DR: The most active factors isolated were identified as free n-decanoic acid and n-octanoic oil, and the antimicrobial activities of some fatty acids and that of ;rabbit stomach oil' are compared.