Effect of Alternative Housing on Carcass Traits of Rabbits
Szilvia METZGER, Károly KUSTOS, Zsolt SZENDRŐ, András SZABÓ, Csilla EIBEN, István NAGY
Pages: 151-154
Summary
One hundred and sixty one New Zealand White weaned rabbits were housed in cages (0.4x0.4 m, 3 rabbits/cage, 18.7 rabbits/m2) or in a pen on deep litter (3x3.3 m, 0.2 m thick wheat straw litter, 80 rabbits/pen, 8.1 rabbits/m2). At 13 weeks of age pen-housed rabbits (n=52) had lower body weight (2318 vs. 2437 g; P
Keywords
rabbit; housing; cage; pen; carcass traits
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