Breed main performance indices for the slaughtering of young rabbits.

Rabbit Genetics

Batiz I.¹ 

关键词: meat quality;    slaughter yield;    carcass quality;    New Zealand Red;    Giant White;    Papillon.;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Bioflux SRL

【 摘 要 】

Our study aimed at investigation of the main performance indices of young rabbits at slaughtering, depending on the breed, at 90 days of age. Three different and well-known rabbit breeds were used in this study: White Giant, New Zealand Red, and Giant Papillon. In terms of body weight at slaughtering and carcass weight, the best results were obtained in the case of Giant White rabbit, while the poorest were in the case of New Zealand Red. In terms of slaughter yield with head, the best results were recorded for Giant Papillon rabbit, while the poorest were obtained in the case of New Zealand Red. However, the situation was rather different for the slaughter yield without head. For this index, the Giant White rabbit showed better results than both other two rabbit breeds, Giant Papillon and New Zealand Red. Although a medium sized breed carcass should be of higher quality that those obtained from large breeds, in our case the New Zealand Red showed the poorest meat/bones proportion at 90 days when compared to Giant White rabbit and Giant Papillon rabbit. The last breed mentioned, Giant Papillon, showed the best results for carcass quality and meat/bones proportion.

【 授权许可】

CC BY