Data for the Domestic Rabbit’s Drinking Water Supply
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33038/jcegi.3555Keywords:
rabbit, drinking water, animal welfare, water quality, drinkersAbstract
A short review article was prepared on the domestic rabbit's drinking water consumption and the external and internal factors that significantly influence it. The rabbit's need for drinking water is influenced, among other things, by age, sex, body weight, lactation phase and milk production, the dry matter, fiber and protein content of the feed, the mineral content of the water, the temperature of the water, the possibility of access to water and/or feed and the ambient temperature. The domestic rabbit's water consumption habits are partly derived from the ancestral behavior of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), and partly influenced by the design of the drinkers. Continuous satisfaction of the rabbit's demand for drinking water in artificial housing conditions is a basic welfare requirement.
References
ABDELSATTAR, M. M. – HUSSEIN, A. M. – EL-ATI, A. – SALEEM, A. M. (2020): Impacts of saline water stress on livestock production: A review. SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2(1), 1–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/SVUIJAS.2020.67635
BAKR, M. H. – TUSELL, L. – RAFEL, O. – TERRÉ, M. – SANCHEZ, J. P. – PILES, M. (2015): Lactating performance, water and feed consumption of rabbit does reared under a Mediterranean summer circadian cycle of temperature v. comfort temperature conditions. Animal, 9(7), 1203–1209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731114003310
BODNÁR, K. – BODNÁR, G. (2020): Drinking water supply in rabbit production: Short review. Lucrari Stiintifice Management Agricol, 22(1), 19–24.
BREWER, N. R. (2006): Biology of the rabbit. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 45(1), 8–24.
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) (2005): Scientific opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on the impact of the current housing and husbandry systems on the health and welfare of farmed domestic rabbits. EFSA J., 267, 1–31.
EL-MONEIM, A. - ABD EL-MONEIM, E. - ATTIA, A. I. - ASKAR, A. A. - ABU-TALEB, A. M. – MAHMOUD, M. H. (2013): Response of growing rabbits supplemented with copper sulfate, ascorbic acid or drinking cooled water under Egyptian summer conditions. Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research, 40(3), 511–523.
GÁBOR Gy. – FACSAR I. – TÖRŐCSIK I. – AVASI Z. (1988): Különböző típusú nyúlitatók összehasonlító értékelése. Állattenyésztés és Takarmányozás, 37(4), 361–368.
GUALTERIO, L. – GONZÁLEZ-REDONDO, P. – NEGRETTI, P., FINZI, A. (2008): Rationing of drinking water supply in relationship with growth and sanitary performances of growing rabbits. In Proceeding of the 9th World Rabbit Congress–June, 10–13.
HARCOURT-BROWN, F. (2002): The rabbit consultation and clinical techniques. Textbook of rabbit medicine, 52–93. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-075064002-2.50006-0
HARCOURT-BROWN, F. (2011): Importance of water intake in rabbits. The Veterinary Record, 168(7), 185–186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.d964
HOY, S. (2000): The use of infrared video technique and computer supported analysis in investigations of rabbit behaviour. In: Proc. 7th World Rabbit Congress 4–7 July 2000, Valencia, Spain, vol. B, 531–535.
MARAI, I. F. M. – HABEEB, A. A. – GAD, A. E. – MAHROSE, K. M. (2010): Rabbits productive, reproductive and physiological traits as affected by drinking saline water: a review. In: The 6th International Conference on Rabbit Production in Hot Climate, Assuit, Egypt, 177–189.
OKAB, A. B. – EL-BANNA, S. G. – KORIEM, A. A. (2008): Influence of environmental temperatures on some physiological and biochemical parameters of New-Zealand rabbit males. Slovak Journal of Animal Science, 41(1), 12–19.
SILVA K.G. – SOTOMAIOR C.S. (2021): Housing conditions of growing rabbits in Brazil. In: Proceedings 12th World Rabbit Congress - November 3–5 2021 - Nantes, France, Communication F-20, 4 pp.
SZENDRŐ Z. – PAPP Z. – KUSTOS K. (1999): Effect of environmental temperature and restricted feeding on production of rabbit does. In: Testik A. (ed.), Baselga M. (ed.). 2. International Conference on Rabbit Production in Hot Climates. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 1999. 11–17.
SZENDRŐ, Z. (2019): A házinyulak nagyüzemi tartásának minimális állatvédelmi követelményei – a WRSA Magyar Tagozatának ajánlása. Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis, 23(1), 1–21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31914/aak.2293
TSCHUDIN, A. – CLAUSS, M. – CODRON, D. – HATT, J. M. (2011): Preference of rabbits for drinking from open dishes versus nipple drinkers. Veterinary Record, 168(7):190-190a. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.c6150
VERDELHAN, S. – BOURDILLON, A. – MOREL-SAIVES, A. – AUDOIN, E. (2004): Effect of a limited access to water on mortality of fattening rabbits. In: Proceedings of the 8th World Rabbit Congress, Puebla, Mexico. 1015–1021.
VILLALOBOS, O. – GUILLÉN, O. – GARCÍA, J. (2008): Circadian Changes of Rectal Temperature and feed and Water Intake in Adult Rabbits Under Heat Stress. In World Rabbit Congress. Vol. 1630, 1625.
WANG, Q. – FU, W. – GUO, Y. – TANG, Y. – DU, H. – WANG, M. – LIU, Z. – LI, Q. – AN, L. – TIAN, J. – LI, M. – WU, Z. (2019): Drinking warm water improves growth performance and optimizes the gut microbiota in early postweaning rabbits during winter. Animals, 9(6), 346. pp. 16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9060346
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Journal of Central European Green Innovation
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
