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RABBIT NUTRITION – AN OVERVIEW - Vet Times
Vet TimesThe website for the veterinary NUTRITION AN OVERVIEWA uthor : Anna MeredithCategories : VetsDate : February 7, 2011 Anna Meredith discusses the importance feeding regimes have on pet RABBIT health, from thechoice of material to the introduction of new eating patterns FEEDING an appropriate diet to a RABBIT is probably the single most important factor inmaintaining its are now the third most popular mammalian domestic pet in the UK. They are also anextremely important livestock species and laboratory model great deal of literature relating to the nutrient requirements of production and laboratory rabbits isavailable, but relatively little relates specifically to pet rabbits have the potential for much longer lifespans than the short-lived production orexperimental RABBIT . Many of the diseases commonly seen in pet rabbits can be directly attributedto, or associated with, the feeding of an inappropriate diet and could be largely , manufacturers have responded to the need for good diets for pet rabbits, and in generalthe level of awareness of many of those involved with keeping pet rabbits has are hindgut fermenters, adapted to digest a high-fibre diet consisting mainly of grass.
gastrointestinal tract makes up between 10 and 20 per cent of bodyweight, and in relative proportions, rabbits have the largest stomach and caecum of any monogastric animal. Gut transit time is rapid and eliminates fibre from the digestive tract as soon as possible, unlike other hindgut fermenters, such as horses (colon fermenter) and ruminants ...
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