Rabbits' productive, reproductive and physiological performance traits as affected by heat stress: a review

IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, AE Gad - Livestock production science, 2002 - Elsevier
Rabbits are very susceptible to heat stress, since they have few functional sweat glands and
have difficulty in eliminating excess body heat, when the environmental temperature is high …

Growth performance and reproductive traits at first parity of New Zealand White female rabbits as affected by heat stress and its alleviation under Egyptian conditions

IFM Marai, MS Ayyat, UM Abd El-Monem - Tropical animal health and …, 2001 - Springer
Exposing growing and adult New Zealand White (NZW) female rabbits to severe heat stress
(temperature–humidity index= 28.9) during summer adversely affected their growth and …

Rabbits behavioural response to climatic and managerial conditions–a review

IFM Marai, AA Rashwan - Archives Animal Breeding, 2004 - aab.copernicus.org
The domestic rabbit is deprived of the protection of burrows and of a social hierarchy and
live in a limited space which is a fraction of a metre of a hard sanitized space, removed from …

Organic selenium, probiotics, and prebiotics effects on growth, blood biochemistry, and carcass traits of growing rabbits during summer and winter seasons

MS Ayyat, AA Al-Sagheer, KM Abd El-Latif… - Biological trace element …, 2018 - Springer
The effect of organic selenium, prebiotics, or probiotics on productive performances, blood
biochemistry, and carcass characteristics of growing rabbits was studied throughout summer …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of elevated ambient temperature upon some physiological measurements of New Zealand White rabbits.

L Ondruska, J Rafay, AB Okab, MA Ayoub… - 2011 - academia.edu
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of heat stress (ie, elevated ambient
temperature–Ta; 36 C±3 C) on growth performance, mortality rate, and on some …

Alleviation of heat-stress-related physiological perturbations in growing rabbits using natural antioxidants

AH Daader, AA Al Sagheer, HA Gabr… - Spanish Journal of …, 2018 - dialnet.unirioja.es
The current study was performed to evaluate the effects of the dietary inclusion of extra virgin
olive oil (EVOO), betaine (BET), lemongrass essential oil (LGEO), gallic acid (GA), vitamin C …

Hair Follicle Development of Rex Rabbits Is Regulated Seasonally by Wnt10b/β-Catenin, TGFβ-BMP, IGF1, and EGF Signaling Pathways

G Liu, C Liu, Y Zhang, H Sun, L Yang, L Bai, S Gao - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Seasonal parameters, especially temperature and humidity, are
reasonably speculated to affect livestock production performance. Among farmed animals …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of different feed withdrawal times and water temperatures in managing turkeys during heat stress

MFA Farghly, KM Mahrose, AE Galal, RM Ali… - Poultry Science, 2018 - Elsevier
This investigation studied the effects of different feed withdrawal times, water temperatures,
and their interaction on growth performance, carcass traits, blood parameters, and health …

[PDF][PDF] Biological functions in young pregnant rabbit does as affected by heat stress and lighting regime under subtropical conditions of Egypt

IFM Marai, AAM Haeeb, AE Gad - Tropical and Subtropical …, 2007 - redalyc.org
The present work was planned to study the effects of different lighting regimes under both
mild and hot subtropical environmental conditions of Egypt on New Zealand White (NZW) …

Lighting programs as an appliance to improve growing New Zealand white rabbit's performance

MFA Farghly, KM Mahrose, GB Mahmoud… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Lighting regimes are possibly used as a strategy to improve rabbit production in tropical
regions; on this background, this study was conducted to assess the possible role of different …