French Rabbit Research Articles

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001. SEVRAGE WEANING

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001. SEVRAGE WEANING

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days.Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days.Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbit Days.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbit Days.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 9th French Rabbit Days. Paris November 28-29th 2001.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 7th French Rabbit Days. Lyon May 13-14th 1998.

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

Abstracts of the communications presented during the 8th French Rabbits Days.Paris June 9-10th 1999

GENETICS OF THE RABBIT FOR MEAT PRODUCTION : WHAT'S NEW SINCE THE WORLD RABBIT CONGRESS HELD IN BUDAPEST IN 1988? l A REVIEW.

The purpose of this paper is to review sorne new results about genetics of the rabbit for meat production. We examine 4 key issues: (i) domestication of the rabbit took place few hundred years ago; European Community has just approved a program of characterisation and evaluation of genetic resources. (ii) Selection for litter size is effective, as selection for post weaning growth; genetic progress are around 0.05-0.1 O rabbit per litter and per generation, and 25-40 g. of slaughter weight per generation. (iii) Selection of strains and crossbreeding between these strains could increase the litter weight at slaughter age of more than 40% in relation to the production of a pure breed. Evolution of technical results of French rabbit farms are consistent with these estimations. (iv) Remarkable progress have recently been made in molecular analysis of the existing genetic variation within animal species. The priority is the development of a low-resolution map for the rabbit.

Local application of ice bags did not affect postoperative facial swelling after oral surgery in rabbits

We wanted to find out what effect the local application of ice bags had on facial swelling after oral operations in rabbits. We anaesthetised 26 French rabbits and did identical oral operations simultaneously on the right and left sides of the maxilla. Postoperatively, we applied ice bags to either the right or left side of the face (randomly selected) for 20-min periods for 4 h. The transverse dimensions of the right and left sides of the face were measured preoperatively, and 24 h, 48 h, and 7 days postoperatively. All animals had measurable right and left postoperative facial swelling, but there was no significant difference between the test and control sides 24 or 48 h postoperatively and no measurable swelling in any of the animals after 7 days.

Renal function during reperfusion after warm ischaemia in rabbits: an experimental study on the possible protective effects of pretreatment with oxygen radical scavengers or lidoflazine

Survival and renal function were studied after 60 min of renal ischaemia and contralateral nephrectomy in four groups of French loop rabbits. One group served as untreated control animals. The other groups were pretreated with superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, lidoflazine or a buffered albumin solution containing mannitol, L-methionine and MgCl2. Six out of nine rabbits died during the 14-day follow-up period in the untreated control group, while the corresponding figure in each of the three treatment groups was one out of nine. Five of the rabbits that died exhibited azotaemia or hyperpotassaemia that could explain the death, while four died of non-renal related causes. In the surviving animals, no differences in serum creatinine, potassium and sodium concentration or urinary output of osmoles was observed between the four groups. The increase in serum creatinine of the French loop rabbits observed after 60 min of ischaemia was considerably less pronounced than the corresponding increase observed in New Zealand White rabbits, indicating that the kidneys of the former strain are more tolerant to ischaemia. A cardiomyodepressant factor could be demonstrated in the venous effluent from previously ischaemic kidneys. This release could not be prevented by pretreatment with SOD and catalase.