Title of article
Effect of adult weight and CT-based selection on the performances of growing rabbits
Author/Authors
Zsolt Szendro، نويسنده , , Zsolt Matics، نويسنده , , Zsolt Gerencser، نويسنده , , Mario Lengyel، نويسنده , , Istvan Nagy، نويسنده , , Antonella Dalle Zotte، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
3
From page
237
To page
239
Abstract
The aim of the study was to compare the productive performance of different genotypes. Maternal (M; n=32, adult weight /AW/ 4.0-4.5kg, selected for number of kits born alive), Pannon White (P; n=32, AW: 4.3-4.8kg), and Large body line (L; n=32, AW: 4.85.4kg) (P and L were selected for carcass traits based on CT /Computer tomography/data) rabbits were analysed. Average daily gain between 5-11wk of age, body weight at 11wk of age and feed intake were significantly (P<0.001) highest for L rabbits. For M, P and L rabbits, the following values were observed: average daily gain=38.6, 43.1 and 47.4g/d; body weight=2458, 2667 and 2949g; feed intake=115, 121 and 138g/d, respectively. Mortality of growing rabbits was unaffected by genotype. It can be concluded that production traits were mainly affected by the adult weight of the genotypes.
Keywords
Adult weight , growing rabbit , CT-based selection , Productive performances
Journal title
Italian Journal of Animal Science
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Italian Journal of Animal Science
Record number
671648
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