Gustavo Nouel-Borges

INTRODUCTIONRabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) can receive high amounts of fibrous material in their diets, from 24.5% to 44.3% of neutral detergent insoluble fiber (NDF), so that they can take advantage of energy, protein, and vitamins from fermentative processes carried out by microorganisms in the cecum and the rest of the large intestine. This is how they manage to digest or ferment from 3% to 70 ...