Rabbit breeding has many critical aspects related to reproduction, production, and animal welfare, which reduce its profitability as well as consumer attractiveness. Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) seems to be a good nutritional strategy to improve several aspects of rabbit breeding, enhance animal welfare and produce a new functional food considered healthy for human consumption. For this reason, the main available scientific research regarding the physiological effects of n-3 PUFA rich products supplemented to the rabbit diet will be reviewed. In particular, consequences on the reproductive performances of both doe and buck, the productive parameters, and the meat quality will be analysed.

兔子育种有许多与繁殖、生产和动物福利相关的关键方面，这会降低其盈利能力和消费者吸引力。膳食补充 n-3 多不饱和脂肪酸 (PUFA) 似乎是一种很好的营养策略，可以改善兔子育种的几个方面，提高动物福利，并生产一种被认为对人类健康有益的新型功能性食品。出于这个原因，将审查关于补充到兔子饮食中的富含 n-3 PUFA 的产品的生理效应的主要现有科学研究。特别是，将分析对母鹿和雄鹿的繁殖性能、生产参数和肉质的影响。