Digestive problems in rabbit production: moving in the wrong direction?
Malou van der Sluis,
Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland,
Karel H. de Greef
Abstract:Digestive problems, both those with a clear pathogenic origin (e.g., Escherichia coli) and those without obvious pathogen involvement [e.g., syndromes like epizootic rabbit enteropathy (ERE)], are common in production rabbits and account for the majority of losses in meat rabbit production. A multitude of nutritional, genetic and housing factors have been found to play a role in the occurrence of digestive problems. However, the exact early pathophysiological mechanism, including the links between aforemention… Show more
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