Gidenne, T et al: Role of dietary fibre in rabbit nutrition and in digestive troubles prevention

Thierry GIDENNE, François LEBAS: Role of dietary fibre in rabbit nutrition and in digestive troubles prevention.
2d Rabbit Congress of the Americas, Habana City, Cuba, June 19-22, 2002.

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This paper review recent studies dealing with the nutritional role of dietary fibre, and on their impact on digestive health of the rabbit. Results show clearly that a minimum dietary fibre supply is essential to prevent digestive troubles in the growing rabbit. The most recent fibre recommendations have implicated several classes of fibre, including low-digested fibre (lignocellulose) and digestible fibre (hemicelluloses and pectins). The present review focuses also on the nutritional role of the digestible fibre for the rabbit that was less studied. To allow the formulation of complete feeds with adequate fibre levels, a synthetic table summarising the levels of several fibre classes (including digestible fibre and pectins) in some raw materials classically used in rabbit feeding is given. A brief overview of some characteristics of dietary fibre and of some routine methods to estimate fibre fractions in animal feed ingredients is first presented.