Natural Feed Additives and Novel Approaches for Healthy Rabbit Breeding.

As a consequence of thymol conversion into hydrophilic metabolite and grater elimination in the rabbit organism, thymol was only found in trace amounts in fat and muscle tissues. Recently, many studies have focused on feed additives which are able to improve the intestinal health and productivity of broiler rabbits. Rabbit meat offers excellent nutritive and dietetic properties, but digestive disturbances, mainly during the post-weaning period, induce important economic losses for rabbit farmers. [Extracted from the article]

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