(temperature–humidity index= 28.9) during summer adversely affected their growth and
reproductive traits. The traits that declined significantly (p< 0.01) were the live body weight,
daily weight gain and feed intake of growing rabbits, and the litter size and litter weight at
weaning (p< 0.05) and the pre-weaning weight gain of pups (p< 0.01) for adult females. The
conception rate declined considerably with heat stress. The declines in the values of the …