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Nutritional and Feeding Strategies to Enhance Gut Health in Rabbits
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Nutritional and Feeding Strategies to Enhance Gut Health in Rabbits

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 3543

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Sihem Dabbou

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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Interests: animals nutrition (poultry and rabbit); biochemistry; antioxidant activity; alternative protein sources; meat quality
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Dear Colleagues,

Gastrointestinal disorders and post-wean mortality are the major health problems in intensive rabbit breeding. The bacterial community of the digestive tract, and in particular of the cæcum, plays a major role in rabbit gut health and in digestive efficiency. The gut microbiota is one of the main defense components in the gastrointestinal tract against the enteric pathogens, which depends on the feed provided. For this purpose, innovations in feeding strategy are needed in order to preserve rabbit health and to reduce the use of antibiotics. Therefore, more and more researchers are interested in the control or prevention rabbit ill-health, and the improvement of the productive performance through new alternative feeding strategies for rabbit feed.

We invite researchers to send original papers, including reviews, addressed to nutritional and feeding strategies for improving rabbit gut microbiota, considering animal performance.

We will appreciate, it if appropriate, contributions on nutritional strategies including new ingredients, natural molecules, and specific feeding techniques.

Dr. Sihem Dabbou
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • rabbit
  • gut microbiota
  • performances
  • phytogenic, additives
  • prebiotics

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Application of Pontentilla Anserine, Polygonum aviculare and Rumex Crispus Mixture Extracts in A Rabbit Model with Experimentally Induced E. coli Infection
by Robert Kupczyński, Antoni Szumny, Michał Bednarski, Tomasz Piasecki, Kinga Śpitalniak-Bajerska and Adam Roman
Animals 2019, 9(10), 774; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9100774 - 9 Oct 2019
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The study evaluated the anti-colibacteriosis efficacy of herbs in experimental infection by rabbit pathogenic strain of E. coli O103 eae+. It also studied the effects of herbal mixture added to feed or water on blood parameters. This animal model was used [...] Read more.
The study evaluated the anti-colibacteriosis efficacy of herbs in experimental infection by rabbit pathogenic strain of E. coli O103 eae+. It also studied the effects of herbal mixture added to feed or water on blood parameters. This animal model was used since some E. coli strains pathogenic for rabbits are similar to the strains that are pathogenic to humans. The components of herbal extracts were Rumex crispus, Pontentilla anserine, and Polygonum aviculare. Supplementation was carried out in water (ExpW group) or feed (ExpF group), and four weeks later the animals were infected with the E. coli O103 eae+ strain. The administration of herbs increased the mean concentration of total protein and serum albumin (p < 0.01) without causing disturbances of electrolyte and acid-base balance. The highest total antioxidant capacity (TAS) value (p < 0.01) was observed in the ExpF group. The administration of a mixture of herbs and feed caused more reduction in the number of E. coli in cecum than supplementation into water after an experimental infection. The herbs applied in rabbits did not harm the secretory functions of liver, electrolyte, and acid-base balance of the blood. The application of the tested herbal mixtures can control the activity of the intestinal microbial community. Full article
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