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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Growth Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality Traits of Three Rabbit Lines Under Heat Stress Conditions.

Emanuele Pontalti, Zsolt Matics, Marco Cullere, Zsolt Szendrő, Zsolt Gerencsér, Bianca Palumbo, Antonella Dalle Zotte

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Emanuele PontaltiDepartment of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
Zsolt MaticsDepartment of Animal Sciences, Széchenyi István University, H-9200 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary.
Marco CullereDepartment of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9409-8202
Zsolt SzendrőInstitute of Physiology and Nutrition, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor Str. 40, 7400 Kaposvár, Hungary.
Zsolt GerencsérInstitute of Animal Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor Str. 40, 7400 Kaposvár, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-0987-1588
Bianca PalumboDepartment of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
Antonella Dalle ZotteDepartment of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9214-9504

Funding

EFOP EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00008GINOP GINOP-2.3.4-15-2016-00005Horizon Europe Project 101136346 EUPAHW, SOA16University of Padua DOR1889177/18
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Abstract

Given the yearly challenging environmental scenario with more and more frequent and intense heat waves, the livestock sector has to find affordable and sustainable solutions to face the expected increase in meat demand by 2050. Among livestock species, rabbits are particularly sensitive to heat stress (HS) but, paradoxically, the scientific background on the response of different genetics to environmental stressors like HS is rather scarce. This is a significant gap, especially considering that most of the demographic growth, and meat demand, is expected in developing countries where rabbits play a key role in subsistence farming. Therefore, this research investigated the effects of environmental temperature (Control-20 °C; High-28 °C) on growth performance, slaughter traits and meat quality of three Hungarian rabbit genotypes (Pannon Large-PL; Pannon White-PW; Pannon Ka-PK). Animals (n = 360) were housed in wire-mesh cages (3 animals/cage) in two separate controlled-temperature rooms (60 rabbits/genotype/room), from 5 to 11 weeks of age, during which they received ad libitum feed and water. Even if the three genotypes were exposed to the same environmental challenge, they exhibited different responses. The PL line showed superior performance, with the highest carcass weight and yield (

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fatty acidsheat stresshigh temperaturemeat qualityoxidationproximate compositionrabbit genotypessensory analysisslaughter traits

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