Maintaining digestive health in rabbits

Maintaining digestive health in rabbits for a high-performance and sustainable farming operation

Digestive health is one of the major challenges in rabbit nutrition. In rabbits, digestion relies on a delicate balance between intestinal transit, enzymatic digestion and microbial fermentation. This physiological complexity requires a feed formulation that is rigorously tailored to the specific needs of the species.

When this balance is disrupted, diseases emerge (epizootic enteropathy, diarrhea, paralysis), directly affecting the animals’ growth, performance, and viability, as well as the overall profitability of the rabbit farm. These diseases affect more than 70% of farms, illustrating the scale of the challenge facing the industry.

Breeders are also have to deal with evolving regulatory and societal demands: the reduction in antibiotic use, driven by efforts to prevent antibiotic resistance, requires the development of new nutritional solutions to support animals in managing stress or imbalances in an effective and sustainable manner. As such, digestive health becomes a strategic level, both on a technical and economic level, for farmers, distributors, and feed manufacturers.

Formulating balanced and safe nutritional solutions

With over 20 years of expertise in rabbit nutrition, we offer a refined and rigorous approach to rabbit feed formulation based on extensive digestibility trials and zootechnical validation. We design zootechnically and technically validated nutritional solutions based on the latest scientific advances and our experience in the field.

Our primary goal is to promote optimal growth in animals while maintaining their digestive health. This requires optimal management of fiber, energy, protein, and other essential nutrients.

Regulating the intestinal flora of rabbits with specific solutions

As part of our integrated approach to rabbit nutrition, we offer three innovative and complementary solutions, each developed to address performance and digestive health challenges in rabbit farming:

  • Cunidigest: designed to improve rabbit viability, this solution has demonstrated an average increase of +5 viability points, with a return on investment of 3.7 to 1 according to a series of validated trials (WRC2021 publication).
  • Cuni 5D: formulated to regulate digestive imbalances, this solution helps optimize key growth parameters such as average daily gain (ADG), survival rate, and feed conversion ratio.
  • Cunigard: works to strengthen digestive integrity, with measured effects on survival rates ranging from +3 to +12 points depending on the farming context (JRC2025 publication).

These effective solutions are part of an approach focused on technical progress and sustainability. They combine digestive health, feed efficiency, and improved farm profitability.

Adapting solutions to real-world conditions with personalized services and technical support

These nutritional strategies to support digestive health in rabbits can be integrated into a comprehensive approach and combined with tailored technical guidance. In addition to these targeted nutritional solutions, we provide our partners with proven field expertise, enabling us to adapt our recommendations to the local realities of each farm.

This synergy between expert formulation and personalized technical advice is a real asset for ensuring zootechnical performance while preserving the animals’ digestive health.

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