title: [Suckling mortality in fattening rabbits in Switzerland].
abstract: The aims of this project were to determine mortality rate and aetiology of losses in suckling rabbits during the first 14 days of life. Post-mortem examinations were done on 1096 siblings from 8 conventional farms. Mortality rates varied from 0 to 17.0%. Main death causes were non-infectious and included stillbirth (13.9%), weakness due to reduced birth weight (3.0%), starvation (11.6%), runting (11.6%), cannibalism (0.5%) and scattering (7.9%). The last four causes mainly attributed to insufficient nursing by the doe. Only 21.8% of the losses were of infectious aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Geflügelkrankheiten, Institut für Veterinärbakteriologie, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leone-Singer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002190:Cannibalism; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D013217:Starvation / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary