DRINKING WATER SUPPLY IN RABBIT PRODUCTION: SHORT REVIEW

Karoly Bodnar, Gabor Bodnar

Abstract


In the European regulation and expectations of consumers one of the most important points is the welfare of farm animals. Not many researchers in the international and Hungarian scientific literature have been concerned with the supply of drinking water to domestic rabbits. The authors aim was to prepare a short overview on the water quality, water supply and drinkers by the existing sources. Due to the limited extent of the paper the authors' study did not cover the administration of water-soluble substances (vitamins, medicines, feed supplements, etc.). 

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rabbit production; drinking water; animal welfare; water quality; drinkers

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