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 …

Mortality in young rabbits: A review

AA Rashwan, IFM Marai - World rabbit science, 2000 - polipapers.upv.es
Mortality rate of young rabbits is of vital importance in commercial rabbit farming, since it
determines the net income of the rabbitries. However, there is no definite proportion for …

Tolerance of imported rabbits grown as meat animals to hot climate and saline drinking water in the subtropical environment of Egypt

IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, AE Gad - Animal Science, 2005 - cambridge.org
Ninety of each of New Zealand White (NZW) and Californian (Cal) male weaned rabbits at 5
weeks of age with nearly similar average live weights were used during two periods of the …

Reproductive traits of female rabbits as affected by heat stress and lighting regime under subtropical conditions of Egypt

IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, AE Gad - Animal Science, 2004 - cambridge.org
The present work was planned to study the effects of different lighting regimes in both mild
and hot periods of the year on New Zealand White doe rabbit traits. The light regimes used …

Tolerance of New Zealand White and Californian doe rabbits at first parity to the sub-tropical environment of Egypt

IFM Marai, AA Askar, LB Bahgat - Livestock Science, 2006 - Elsevier
Tolerance of New Zealand White (NZW) and Californian (Cal) doe rabbits at the first parity to
the sub-tropical environmental conditions of Egypt was evaluated. The study included 1090 …

[PDF][PDF] Rabbit production in Kenya, current status and way forward

DK Borter, RN Mwanza - Proceedings of Annual Scientific Symposium of …, 2011 - apsk.or.ke
This paper expounds on the rabbit industry in Kenya by outlining the historical background,
the current status and challenges facing the industry. It describes in detail the husbandry …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of rabbit sire genetic origin, season of birth and parity order on doe and litter performance in an organic production system

A Dalle Zotte, G Paci - Asian-Australasian journal of animal …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aim of this study was to compare both the performance of litters derived from two sire
genetic origins (SGO), Vienna Blue (VB) and Burgundy Fawn (BF), along successive …

Rabbits behaviour under modern commercial production conditions–a review

FM Marai, AA Rashwan - Archives Animal Breeding, 2003 - aab.copernicus.org
Recently, much work has been done to record the diurnal peak of does receptivity. It was
found that the highest was in the morning and before allowing suckling. Such studies …

[DOC][DOC] Reproductive performance and blood constituents of V-line and Bauscat Female rabbits under middle Egypt conditions

AA Azoz, KH El-Kholy - Egyptian J. of rabbit science, 2006 - researchgate.net
A total number of 60 does (30 V-line, VL and 30 Bauscat, B) rabbits aged 6-7 months, were
used in this study. The study included two periods, the first was from April till September …

Maternal Exposure to High Temperatures Disrupts OCT 4 mRNA Expression of Rabbit Pre‐Implantation Embryos and Endometrial Tissue

F Marco‐Jiménez, C Naturil‐Alfonso… - … in Domestic Animals, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Contents We examined the effect of prolonged high heat stress on reproductive performance
and its relationship with gene expression in pre‐implantation embryos and endometrial …