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Abstract
During the recent years, a great interest has been
raised in diarrhea in weanling rabbits, as this condition
responsible for major losses in commercial rabbitries.
The importance of rabbit meat as a source of food for
human consumption is well established long time ago.
However, over the last years its nutritious value is well
understood by consumers, especially after the last food
”scandals” that affected other sectors of animal origin
food production. Rabbit meat belongs to white ones, thus
it is a particularly healthy animal origin protein source
that makes it the consumers’ first option.
The incidence of digestive system’s problems is
high in rabbits. Among them enteritis comes first, as it
represents almost 80% of the digestive system diseases
and this is one of the main reasons behind the
deterioration of the enterprises that deal with the
intensive production of rabbit meat. Intestinal
disturbances in rabbits are characterized by the
occurrence of watery feces or diarrhea. Young weaned
rabbits aged between 4 to 10 weeks appear to be more
prone to this problem than older adult rabbits. It rarely
occurs in new-born rabbits, probably due to the milk of
the doe which has anti-bacterial properties.