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Vol.1 , No. 3, Publication Date: Aug. 5, 2015, Page: 51-56
| [1] | Wasiu Agunbiade Lamidi, College of Agriculture, Ejigbo Campus, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria. |
Animal welfare and productivities are products of enriched housing systems integrated with their environment in rabbits’ production. Housing designs that do not incorporate environmental modifications for rabbits in it can impair thermo-comfortability and some behavioural characteristics in them, especially at different seasons of the year in tropical climate. Housing systems with environment that may result in the best reproductive performance in rabbit may be complex and usually demands integrated management practices. One strategy that has attracted the interest of researchers is the use of different houses, some with automations and equipment, others with traditional/conventional cages, and improvised cages and underground shelter for rabbits’ rearing. Moreover, housing and managerial systems complement one another and together with seasons of rearing may directly affect weights of rabbits, their feeding systems, their productivity and litter size at birth and at weaning. The last few years have witnessed many researches in search of efficient rearing methods via natural housing systems with environmental considerations that give higher productivity in rabbits. The aim of this review is to present some of the results of these works.
Keywords
Animal Welfare, Cage, Environment, Housing, Thermo-Comfortability
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