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    • Breeding farm, level of feeding and presence of antibiotics in the feed influence rabbit cecal microbiota 

      Velasco-Galilea, María; Guivernau, Miriam; Piles, Miriam; Viñas, Marc; Rafel, Oriol; Sánchez, Armand; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Sánchez, Juan P. (Animal Microbiome, 2020-11-02) Genètica i Millora Animal; Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      Background The effect of the production environment and different management practices in rabbit cecal microbiota remains poorly understood. While previous studies have proved the impact of the age or ...
    • Interaction of direct and social genetic effects with feeding regime in growing rabbits 

      Piles, Miriam; David, Ingrid; Ramon, Josep; Canario, Laurianne; Rafel, Oriol; Pascual, Mariam; Ragab, Mohamed; Sánchez, Juan P. (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2017-07-20) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background: Most rabbit production farms apply feed restriction at fattening because of its protective efect against digestive diseases that afect growing rabbits. However, it leads to competitive ...
    • Rabbit Microbiota Changes Throughout the Intestinal Tract 

      Velasco-Galilea, María; Piles, Miriam; Viñas, Marc; Rafel, Oriol; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Guivernau, Miriam; Sánchez, Juan P. (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018-09-13) Genètica i Millora Animal; Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes
      To gain insight into the importance of carefully selecting the sampling area for intestinal microbiota studies, cecal and fecal microbial communities of Caldes meat rabbit were characterized. The ...