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Reproductive and Nutritional Management on Ovarian Response and Embryo Quality on Rabbit Does
Author(s) -
Lorenzo PL,
GarcíaGarcía RM,
ÁriasÁlvarez M,
Rebollar PG
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1111/rda.12367
Subject(s) - offspring , biology , fertility , physiology , embryo quality , embryo , lactation , pregnancy , gestation , infertility , reproduction , assisted reproductive technology , andrology , medicine , in vitro fertilisation , population , environmental health , ecology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Contents Rabbit does in modern rabbitries are under intensive reproductive rhythms. Females are high milk producers with high energetic expenses due to the extensive overlap between lactation and gestation. This situation leads to a negative energy balance with a mobilization of body fat especially in primiparous rabbit does. Poor body condition and poor health status severely affect the reproductive features (fertility rate and lifespan of the doe as well as ovarian physiology). This paper reviews some reproductive and nutritional approaches used in the last years to improve the reproductive performance of rabbit females, mainly focusing on the influence on ovarian response and embryo quality and with emphasis on epigenetic modifications in pre‐implantation embryos and offspring consequences.