Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain

The aim of this research is to characterise the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) commercial game farms in Spain using variables related to structure, management and marketing. To this end, a structured survey was administered in 2009 to 21 privately-owned farms. This subsector was an average age...

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Autores: González Redondo, Pedro, Sánchez Martínez, R.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2014.1213
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Palabra clave:wild rabbit
farming systems
alternative livestock
game farming
marketing
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spelling Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in SpainGonzález Redondo, PedroSánchez Martínez, R.wild rabbitfarming systemsalternative livestockgame farmingmarketingThe aim of this research is to characterise the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) commercial game farms in Spain using variables related to structure, management and marketing. To this end, a structured survey was administered in 2009 to 21 privately-owned farms. This subsector was an average age of 13. The average size of the breeding stock of the farms was 431 does and 64 bucks. Eighty-five percent of the farms kept all or part of the breeding stock in cages and 38.1% used artificial insemination. All the farms carried out breeder self-replacement, 4.8% by buying wild rabbits from other farms, whereas 38.1% captured wild rabbits for this purpose. Nineteen percent of the wild rabbit game farms also produced other game species, mainly red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and quail (Coturnix coturnix). Fourteen percent of the farms supplied wild rabbits to be used as prey to be released in programmes for the conservation of endangered predators, and 38.1% supplied breeding rabbits to be used by other farms to replace culled animals. Eighty-six percent of the farms offered the service of transporting the animals from the farm to the hunting grounds to their clients, and 14.3% advised customers on how to successfully release and restock hunting grounds. Seventy-six percent of the farms marketed their products throughout Spain, and 38.1% exported wild rabbits to neighbouring countries, mainly Portugal and France. Forty-three percent of the farms advertised themselves in hunting magazines, 19.1% promoted themselves by attending livestock and game fairs, and 38.1% had their own websites. In conclusion, this alternative rabbit production system constitutes a well-established subsector in Spain, despite being only 2 decades old. It also seems that it has not yet reached its development maturity. It shows wide diversity in terms of farm size and structure, as well as marketing and promotional activities.Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaAgronomía2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11441/32272https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2014.1213reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésWorld Rabbit Science, 22, (1), 51-58doi:10.4995/wrs.2014.1213http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2014.1213info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/322722026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
title Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
spellingShingle Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
González Redondo, Pedro
wild rabbit
farming systems
alternative livestock
game farming
marketing
title_short Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
title_full Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
title_fullStr Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
title_sort Characterisation of wild rabbit commercial game farms in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Redondo, Pedro
Sánchez Martínez, R.
author González Redondo, Pedro
author_facet González Redondo, Pedro
Sánchez Martínez, R.
author_role author
author2 Sánchez Martínez, R.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agronomía
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv wild rabbit
farming systems
alternative livestock
game farming
marketing
topic wild rabbit
farming systems
alternative livestock
game farming
marketing
description The aim of this research is to characterise the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) commercial game farms in Spain using variables related to structure, management and marketing. To this end, a structured survey was administered in 2009 to 21 privately-owned farms. This subsector was an average age of 13. The average size of the breeding stock of the farms was 431 does and 64 bucks. Eighty-five percent of the farms kept all or part of the breeding stock in cages and 38.1% used artificial insemination. All the farms carried out breeder self-replacement, 4.8% by buying wild rabbits from other farms, whereas 38.1% captured wild rabbits for this purpose. Nineteen percent of the wild rabbit game farms also produced other game species, mainly red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa), pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and quail (Coturnix coturnix). Fourteen percent of the farms supplied wild rabbits to be used as prey to be released in programmes for the conservation of endangered predators, and 38.1% supplied breeding rabbits to be used by other farms to replace culled animals. Eighty-six percent of the farms offered the service of transporting the animals from the farm to the hunting grounds to their clients, and 14.3% advised customers on how to successfully release and restock hunting grounds. Seventy-six percent of the farms marketed their products throughout Spain, and 38.1% exported wild rabbits to neighbouring countries, mainly Portugal and France. Forty-three percent of the farms advertised themselves in hunting magazines, 19.1% promoted themselves by attending livestock and game fairs, and 38.1% had their own websites. In conclusion, this alternative rabbit production system constitutes a well-established subsector in Spain, despite being only 2 decades old. It also seems that it has not yet reached its development maturity. It shows wide diversity in terms of farm size and structure, as well as marketing and promotional activities.
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