WRSAnewsletter(January2020)

WRSANews NewsletterNº7January2020

DearWRSAofficersandmembers,

SixmonthshavepassedsinceoursixthNewsletter.Overthecourseofthesemonths,manyinterestingthingshavehappenedintherabbitworld,thatnextwewilltrytosummarize.

LetterfromtheWRSAPresidentDearWRSAmembersandfollowers,

Atthedawnofthisnewyear,Iamproudtoannouncethatourcommunityisenlargingwithtwonew branches, fromMalaisya and Philipines, that have fullfilled the steps to belong toWRSA.Their definitive registrationwill be pronounced during our general assembly inNantes, at theoccasionofour12thWorldRabbitCongress.IalsowouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoWRSANational branches officers for sharing the common effort of increasing the knowledge aboutrabbitscienceandtheinterestforrabbitproduction.

Thisyear,withtheWRSAoffice,wehaveagreatjobinpreparingournextWorldRabbitCongress(30thjuneto3rdjuly,Nantes,France).Already,manytaskshavebeenengaged,andtheworkisintensifying.Wehopeyourparticipationinsubmittingpapersandinattendingthecongress.(seebelowthelastinformationsaboutthe2020WRC).

Donotforgettouseourdiscussionforumforeveryquestiontoourcommunity:https://groups.google.com/forum/world-rabbit-science-asso

VisitandpublishintheWRSAjournal:WorldRabbitSciencehttp://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs

Visit our WRSA website (http://world-rabbit-science.com/) and our facebook page(https://www.facebook.com/wrsaface/).

Ihoperabbitproductionwillmaintainandpossibly increase itssubstantialrole incoveringthehumanneedsforhighqualityfood.

Haveahealthy,peacefulandactiveyear.

ThierryGIDENNEÿþ WRSAPresident

Auzeville(France),January6,2020

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Maintopics: ¬LetterfromtheWRSAPresident ¬InternationalandNationalCongresses

¬LastNewsoftheWorldRabbitCongress ¬Inmemoryofourcolleagues

¬SelectedPublications

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LastNewsfrom2020WorldRabbitCongress

Our next WRC is progressing in its preparation. We are in the final phase of communicationssubmission, which will be evaluated and considered for possible presentation at the congress. ThedeadlineisJanuary15,2020.Todate,wehavealreadyreceivedmorethan100communicationsforthecongress,soifyouhavenotsentyourcommunication,donotdelay.Youhavealltheinformationaboutthecommunicationssubmissionprocedureathttps://colloque.inra.fr/wrc2020/Submission

Nowtherefereeingsystemisworking.ScientificRefereesofourWRCare:MrsFangWANG(China)forPathology & Hygine, Mr Jose S. VICENTE (Spain) for Reproduction, Mrs Angela TROCINO (Italy) forWelfare&Ethology,MrMassimilianoPETRACCI(Italy)forProductQuality,Mr.SaiduOSENI(Nigeria)forMiscellaneous,MrsNuriaNICODEMUS(Spain)forNutrition,MrMilanMAROUNEK(CzechRepublic)forBiologyandPhysiology,MrLuizCarlosMACHADO(Brazil)forFarmingSystemsandEconomy,andMrHerveGARREAU(France) forBreedingandGenetics.Exchangeswiththerefereewillgiveyoutheopportunitytoimproveyourpaper(finalrevisedpapermustbesubmittedinearlyMarch).Refereewillsendyouanotification,assoonasyourpaperisaccepted(ornot)andyouwillbenoticedtoprepareeitheranoralpresentationoraposter.

The eightmain conferences have already been commissioned, you can check the titles and themainspeakersonthecongresswebsite(Keynotespeakerssection),whichwillcoverawidevarietyofissues:femalesnutrition,physiologyofovulation, semi-natural conditions, rabbitmeat consumption, appliedneuroendocrinology, rabbitmeat trade, robustness and resistance todisease, and viral haemorrhagicdiseasevariants.

Ontheotherhand,theWRCScientificCommitteehasalreadyproposedtitlesforthefiveroundtablesthat will take place in theWRC, on current issues with high interest: post-antibiotic era, rabbits indevelopingworld,boostthemeatmarket,coccidiosisinfarm,andnewfarmingsystems.Currently,theorganizationiscontactingpotentialcandidatestochairthisroundtables.

Thedeadlineforthepapersubmissionforthecandidatestothescholarshipforyoungscientists fromdevelopingcountrieswaslastNovember29,2019.Theirworksarecurrentlybeingevaluatedandinthecomingmonthstheselectedcandidateswillbeinformed.https://colloque.inra.fr/wrc2020/Otherrelevantinformation,suchaswhichthecongressprogram,howtoregister(andkeydates),howtobeasponsorandwhereitwillbeheld...,isalreadyavailableontheofficialwebsiteofthecongress:

https://colloque.inra.fr/wrc2020

Earlyregistrationdeadline:15thMay2020;Late:15thMay-24thJune2020WelookforwardtowelcomingyoutoNantesin2020.

SelectedPublications

PopularArticlesinWorldRabbitSciencelast12months:1. A review of recent research outcomes on the housing of farmed domestic rabbits: reproducing

does 1603 views since: 2019-03-29 2. Children's consumption of rabbit meat 857 views since: 2019-09-30 3. Molecular genetic diversity and conservation priorities of Egyptian rabbit breeds 592 views since: 2019-

09-30 4. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease: experimental study of a recent highly pathogenic GI.2/RHDV2/b strain

and evaluation of vaccine efficacy 589 views since: 2019-09-30 5. Abstracts of the 18th French Rabbit Days 574 views since: 2019-09-30

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InternationalandNationalCongressesInthelastsixmonths,therehavebeenanationalandaninternationalconference.

9thAnnualConferenceonRabbitIndustryDevelopmentinHeTiancity(China)The 9th China Rabbit Industry DevelopmentConference(CRID)washeldinHeTiancity(XinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,China)fromthe11thto12th of Oct. 2019, hosted by China AnimalAgriculture Association (CAAA), China Branch ofWRSAandHeTiangovernment.

ThethemeofthisyearconferenceisGreenFarming,Technological Innovation, Poverty Alleviation andRural Revitalization. The plenary session and twoforums were arranged, which focused on rabbitbreeding,feedandnutrition,diseasecontrol,facilityand environment control, marketing and branding,poverty alleviation through rabbit farming. In theExpert Interaction Session, the participantsdiscussed with experts on challenges andopportunities of rabbit farming and non-antibioticfarming.Thereweremore than800participants tothisconference.Atotalof112communicationswerereceived during call for paper, which coveredreproduction and genetics, breeding, nutrition,biosecurity and welfare, and management. Finally,total18communicationswereorallypresented.

Duringtheconference,thebusinesscooperationandinvestment were also welcomed, and totally 19companies from other provinces signed contractswithlocalcompanies.Aftertheconference,twofieldtrips were arranged to visit local farms andprocessingcompanies.

The organizer also held the rabbit meat cookingcompetition, more than 20 restaurants andcompanies recommended their chiefs toparticipatein the contest. Finally, the winners were awardedtheprizes.During thecommitteemeetingofRabbitAssociationofCAAA,Prof.YingheQinwaselectedasthepresident.

[ProvidedbyLapingWu,ChinaBranchofWRSA]

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InternationalConferenceonRabbitProduction inTropicalClimate2019and4thAsianRabbitProductionAssociationConference,inSelangor(Malaysia)

The International Conference onRabbit Productionin Tripical Climate 2019 and the 4th Asian RannitProduction Association Congerence, organized bythe Indonesian Branch of the WRSA, was held inSelangor (Malaysia) from the 5th to 6th of August,2019.

The conference brought together the majority ofresearchersandtechnicianswhofocustheiractivityon rabbit production in Indonesia,with the invitedpresence of some North American and Europeanresearchers.

The main issues addressed throughout theconference were aspects of great interest for theproductionofrabbitsinthetropics,suchasadaptingrabbitproduction to climate change, theusefulnessof rabbit farming in times of disaster, new andalternativerawmaterialsforrabbitnutritioninthisarea,effectoftropicconditionstothephysiologyofrabbit and theirmeat characteristics, production intropic and urban conditions andmain infections inIndonesian rabbit farms, as well as the currentsituation of the rabbit industry and Selangor(Malaysia).

[ProvidedbyAisyaAbdullahandThierryGidenne]

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XIConferenceofthePortugueseAssociationofCunicultureinVilaReal(Portugal)

On November 12th and 13th, 2019, at UTAD (University of Trás os Montes and Alto Douro), the community's rabbit breeding days were held in Portugal, in a joint organization of ASPOC (Portuguese Association of Cuniculture - XI journeys) and APEZ (Portuguese Association of Zootechnical Engineering - VII journeys) and with the collaboration of the Department of Animal Production. Under the theme “Cuniculture: Designing the future”, over a d ay and a half of the works, about 18 internationally renowned guest speakers from Portugal, Spain and France, gave presentations in various areas, focusing on the most relevant aspects to the rabbit production. The topics of food, sanity, antibiotic resistance and animal welfare were addressed. The Journeys ended with a Rabbit Meat Tasting Dinner, hosted by a local Cheff. With the event, it was sought that the present congressmen (about 220, among professionals and technicians of the sector, students and teachers), acquire tools that can prepare them for the constant challenges of the production, innovating and improving the techniques, to enhance production and improve the profitability We hope with this initiative to have once again made our humble contribution to the promotion of rabbit production.

More photos of the event at:

https://www.facebook.com/APEZNACIONAL/photos/a.2474281099284856/2610227805690184/?type=3&theater

[ProvidedbyVictorPinherioandAnaSofiaSantos,PortugueseBranchofWRSA]

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Congressesjustaroundthecorner:Next January 31, 2020, the Italian Branch of theWRSA, the Italian Scientific Association for RabbitFarming (ASIC), will hold their ASIC AnnualConference at Verona (Italy). A few days after thepublication of the new EFSA Opinions on rabbitwelfareinbreedingandslaughtering,theannualASICconference aims to take stock of the production andresearch situation in Italy in light of the newEuropean perspectives. At the VeronaFiere site, themeeting between production, research and thevariousspeakerswillalsobeaimedatillustratingthestate of the art and all the actions that have beencarried out so far, as well as the opportunities forsector renewal . For this, the new guidelineselaborated by the ItalianMinistry of Health and thefundingpossibilitiesforthesectorrelatedtotheRuralDevelopment Program of the Veneto Region will bepresented.

OnApril29and30,2020,theSpanishrabbitfarmingsector is convened to the 45theditionoftheASESCUCuniculture Symposium. This edition is co-organizedby the InstituteofBiotechnologyof theUniversityofOviedo,whichwillwelcomeusinthebeautifulcapitalofAsturias(Oviedo,Spain).Theconferencevenuewillbe the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics andBusiness of the University of Oviedo (Campus ElCristo).

The objectives of the forty-fifth edition of theCunicultureSymposiumaretopublicizetherealityofcuniculture in the Asturian community and itssurroundings, serve as a meeting point for rabbitbreeders, technicians, commercial, companies,teachers and researchers to analyse the currentsituationof the rabbit sector inSpainandserveasascenarioforthepresentationofadvancesinresearchand technological development in the field ofcuniculturesincethepreviousSymposium.

FromASESCUweinvitethewholesectortomeetusinOviedo.

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InmemoryofourcolleaguesTributeforDominiqueLicois

Dominiqueleftuson7thseptember2019.Hehasalwaysbeenamanveryinvestedinrabbitsciencesandparticularlyin rabbit pathology.He also always been involved in rabbitfarming too.Hehasbroughtus great scientific advancesbydeveloping the method of reproduction of coccidiosis,colibacillosisandREE.

Heworkedhard,andhisworkhasalwaysbeenhumbleandwaswellknownforhisgreatkindness,welcomingeverybodywho need help (colleagues, young scientists, numeroustrainees,etc.).Hisobjectivityhasalwaysbeennoticed.Hehasa very high international reputation and was invited innumerous conferences and gave regularly courses in rabbitpathology.Hepublishedseveralhundredpublications.

As a member of various scientific associations (WRSA, ASFC, ...), he has made a majorcontributiontotheFrenchrabbitconferencestoworldrabbitcongresses.

Alltherabbitsciencecommunityoffertheircondolencestohiswife(ArletteL.)andtohisfamily.

Thankyou,Dominique,forsharingyourexperiencewithallofus,yourworkstillisalive.

Bestregardsandwishingyouagreatyear2020

JuanJoséPascualWRSAGeneralSecretary

Valencia(Spain),January13,2020