The humid tropical climate contributes substantial stress on temperateīreeds of rabbits that adversely affect their performance. Rabbit an ideal animal for meat production in developing tropics. Reproductive performance is an important trait of interest affecting Key words: gestation length, Havana black, kits, litter size Palomino brown and California breed in the humid tropics. Zealand white and Havana black had better reproductive performance than Litter weight at weaning was recorded for California breed (1030 g). This wasįollowed by New Zealand white and Palomino brown while the least value for With the highest value for litter weight at weaning (1530 g). (39.0%) was observed in the Californian breed. Havana black had the highest litter size at weaning (5.01) followedīy New Zealand white and Palomino brown while California breed had the least (31.9 days) while Havana black had the shortest gestation length in this The gestation length of New Zealand white and California breed were the same Havana black while Palomino brown had the least litter size at birth (4.23). Highest average number of kits born alive (6.75) followed by California and General Linear Model procedure of SAS (2007). Mating and collection ofĭata was carried out for four consecutive times. Rate and litter weight at weaning were observed. Weight at birth, litter weight at birth, litter size at weaning, mortality Reproductive traits such as litter size at birth, gestation length, kit Does are taken to the buck cage for successful mating and Was carried out at the rabbitry unit of the Department of Animal andĮnvironmental Biology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo A total number of forty eight (48) does and twelve bucks (12ĭoes and 3 bucks for each of the breeds) were used for the experiment which Zealand white, Californian, Palomino brown and Havana black rabbit in the The aim of this experiment was to study the reproductive traits of New Reproductive performance of four breeds of rabbit in the humid tropics A O Fadare and T J Fatoba Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. Reproductive performance of four breeds of rabbit in the humid tropics Livestock Research for Rural Development 30 (7) 2018
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