Rabbits' productive, reproductive and physiological performance traits as affected by heat stress: a review

IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, AE Gad - Livestock production science, 2002 - Elsevier
Rabbits are very susceptible to heat stress, since they have few functional sweat glands and
have difficulty in eliminating excess body heat, when the environmental temperature is high …

Mortality in young rabbits: A review

AA Rashwan, IFM Marai - World rabbit science, 2000 - polipapers.upv.es
Mortality rate of young rabbits is of vital importance in commercial rabbit farming, since it
determines the net income of the rabbitries. However, there is no definite proportion for …

Growth performance and reproductive traits at first parity of New Zealand White female rabbits as affected by heat stress and its alleviation under Egyptian conditions

IFM Marai, MS Ayyat, UM Abd El-Monem - Tropical animal health and …, 2001 - Springer
Exposing growing and adult New Zealand White (NZW) female rabbits to severe heat stress
(temperature–humidity index= 28.9) during summer adversely affected their growth and …

Effect of different levels of bee pollen on performance and blood profile of New Zealand White bucks and growth performance of their offspring during summer and …

YA Attia, A Al‐Hanoun, F Bovera - Journal of Animal Physiology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of bee pollen on productive and reproductive performances of adult buck rabbits
and their offspring was studied during winter and summer seasons. Forty New Zealand …

The genetic improvement in meat rabbits

ML García, MJ Argente - Lagomorpha Charact, 2020 - books.google.com
Rabbits are raised for many different purposes, such as breeding stock for meat, wool and
fur, as an educational and experimental animal model, and as pets and show animals …

Pannon breeding program in rabbit at Kaposvár University

ZS Matics, I Nagy, ZS Gerencsér, I Radnai… - World Rabbit …, 2014 - riunet.upv.es
[EN] In this study, the rabbit breeding programme conducted at the Kaposvár University is
extensively discussed. Population history and recorded traits, creation of the different …

A comparison of reproductive traits of four maternal lines of rabbits selected for litter size at weaning and founded on different criteria

M Ragab, M Baselga - Livestock Science, 2011 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to compare four Spanish maternal lines of rabbits (A, V, H
and LP) on different criteria but selected for litter size at weaning, since their foundation until …

Crossbreeding effects for litter and lactation traits in a Saudi project to develop new lines of rabbits suitable for hot climates

AM Al-Saef, MH Khalil, AH Al-Homidan, SN Al-Dobaib… - Livestock science, 2008 - Elsevier
A five-years crossing scheme involving the Spanish V line (V) and Saudi Gabali (S) rabbits
was practiced to produce 14 genetic groups: V, S, 1/2V1/2S, 1/2S1/2V, 3/4V1/4S …

Maternal heritability and repeatability for litter traits in rabbits in a humid tropical environment

RK Rastogi, SD Lukefahr, FB Lauckner - Livestock production science, 2000 - Elsevier
Data on litter production traits of does, involving 1120 litters, was collected over a 10-year
period (1984 to 1994) and analyzed to estimate heritability and repeatability. Locally …

Tolerance of imported rabbits grown as meat animals to hot climate and saline drinking water in the subtropical environment of Egypt

IFM Marai, AAM Habeeb, AE Gad - Animal Science, 2005 - cambridge.org
Ninety of each of New Zealand White (NZW) and Californian (Cal) male weaned rabbits at 5
weeks of age with nearly similar average live weights were used during two periods of the …