OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of World Rabbit Science is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Mesobiliverdin IXα-enriched microalgal feed supplement promotes beneficial gut microbiota in rabbits	22
Dietary inclusion of fermented ginger straw effect on the growth performance, gastrointestinal tract development and caecal fermentation of fattening rabbits	11
Genetic diversity and virulence gene profiles of Escherichia coli from diarrhoeal rabbits in Sichuan Province, China	9
Viral haemorrhagic disease: RHDV type 2 ten years later	8
Short communication: rabbit meat consumption trends in selected Maltese rural areas	7
Use of dehydrated sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) in rabbit feeding. 2 - Effects of a high dietary incorporation on performance and health of does and growing rabbits, under a sub-optimal breeding co	7
Effect of crossbreeding on growth performance, gene expression and Gompertz modelling in meat rabbit under Egyptian environmental conditions	7
Feeding behaviour of the growing rabbit fed freely or restricted, and impact on performances and digestive organs	6
Partial diallel cross for assessing genetic merit of local rabbit breed	6
Mange in farmed rabbits	5
Abstracts of the 48th Symposium on Cuniculture, ASESCU	5
Pastured rabbit systems and organic certification: European union regulations and technical and economic performance in France	5
Pheromones and behaviour of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus): a review	5
Association analysis of nucleotide polymorphisms in growth hormone (GH) and its receptor (GHR) with body weight in Californian rabbits	4
Prenatal factors affecting the probability of survival between birth and weaning in rabbits	4
Growth performance of three paternal rabbit lines with different potential for growth rate and resilience	4
Evaluating animal models comprising additive genetic and maternal effects on growth traits in German Angora rabbit	4
Alternative methods to animal experimentation in rabbit nutrition trials integrating the 3Rs principles	4
Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on embryo quality in New Zealand rabbits	4
Multi-Factor analysis of profitability drivers of local rabbit production in Zamboanga Peninsula Region, Mindanao , Philippines	4
Environmental and genetic factors affecting litter size components in rabbits	4
Abstracts of the 49th Symposium on Cuniculture, ASESCU	4
Rabbit meat trade of major countries: regional pattern and driving forces	3
Comparative transcriptome and histomorphology analysis of skeletal muscle in Fujian white rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) at different growth stages	3
Non-cruelty eradication of european rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from a small mediterranean island (Isola delle Femmine, Italy)	3

Effect of different chromium supplementations on hormonal profiles, growth performance and seminal characteristics in NZW rabbits at sexual puberty age	3
Descriptive analysis of rabbit meat marketing parameters in the north-east of Algeria	3
Orally added black maca (Lepidium Meyenii Walp.) Nano-emulsion meliorates fresh semen quality, testosterone level and fertilising ability of chilled and cryopreserved rabbit buck spermatozoa	3
Survey of the seasonal dependency of Eimeria oocysts and Passalurus ambiguus infections in industrial rabbit farms	3
Dietary inclusion of white lupine seeds and their byproducts in rabbits can contribute to EU agricultural sustainability: a review	2
Preslaughter feed withdrawal time and its effect on rabbit blood measures, gastrointestinal tract parameters and Longissimus lumborum glycolytic potential	2
Respiratory disorders of farmed rabbits: occurrence and risk factors	2
Influence of alpha linolenic acid on the motility, viability, antioxidant activity and fertility of frozen-thawed New Zealand white rabbit buck semen	2
Abstracts of the Webinar on Cuniculture, WEBIASESCU 2020	2
Mitochondrial D-loop sequences and haplotypes diversity in Egyptian rabbit breeds	2
Meta-analysis of association of polymorphisms in growth hormone encoding gene with growth performance traits of rabbits	2
Antimicrobials in a rabbit semen extender: effects on reproduction	1
Can copper amino acid chelates reduce the physiological strain of growing rabbits under summer conditions?	1
Short communication. Constraints and development pathways of rabbit farming in the Southern Philippines: a socioeconomic perspective	1
The FRZB gene regulates hair follicle development in rabbits via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	1
The effect of organic zinc on seminal quality and sperm production in rabbit bucks	1
Aspects of social behaviour and reproduction in the wild rabbit – Implications for rabbit breeding?	1
Improving indigenous Vietnamese Black Rabbit frozen sperm quality: the role of glycine and sperm selection methods	1
Feed incorporation of dehydrated sainfoin: effects on health and performances of does and growing rabbits	1
Changes of oxidant-antioxidant parameters in small intestines from rabbits infected with E. intestinalis and E. magna	1
Pharmaceutical characterization and pharmacokinetics of florfenicol-loaded alginate dried beads in rabbits	1
Improvement of the quality of cured rabbit meat product (Chan Si Tu) using Staphylococcus xylosus as starter culture	1
Nutritional evaluation of two composite linseed-based ingredients for growing rabbits	1
Study on novel vaccines and adjuvants for rabbit infectious diseases	1
Pregnancy toxaemia/ketosis in female rabbits	1
Utilization of rabbit skin as edible film for environmentally friendly food packaging using glycerol as plasticizer	1
What landscape aspects may have been important to Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus spp.) game farms during the Mid-20th Century in the United States?	1
Comparative evaluation of solvent extracts of Azanza garckeana fruit pulp on hormonal profiles, spermiogram and antioxidant activities in rabbit bucks	1
Lincomycin toxicity in farm rabbits: report on a severe case	1
Niche partitioning and competition between different rabbit breeds using stable isotopes	1
Production and characterization of gelatin from rabbit bone as bioplastics material by acid pre-treatment	1
Estimation of grass biomass consumed by rabbits housed in movable paddocks	1
Cryopreservation of rabbit semen: impacts of permeable and non-permeable mixture of cryoprotectant, male group individuality, freezing rate, semen package size and antioxidant bovine serum albumin on	1
Performance, haemato-biochemical and reproductive potential indices of New Zealand White and Dutch Belted rabbit bucks fed diets containing monosodium glutamate	1
Challenges in rabbit doe feeding, including the young doe	1
Histological and histochemical evaluation of the small intestine and caecal appendix of rabbits fed triticale-based diets with added xylanase	1