Effect of housing conditions on production, carcass and meat quality traits of growing rabbits

Effect of housing conditions on production, carcass and meat quality traits of growing rabbits

Production, carcass traits and meat quality of rabbits housed in cages or in different pens were compared. Rabbits (n=579) were sorted into 5 groups: C=cage (2 rabbits/cage); pen without platform: P11=9 rabbits/pen; P16=14 rabbits/pen; pen with platform: PW=wire net platform, 14 rabbits/pen; PD=plat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Meat science 2014-01, Vol.96 (1), p.41-46
Hauptverfasser: Matics, Zs, Szendrő, Zs, Odermatt, M., Gerencsér, Zs, Nagy, I., Radnai, I., Zotte, A. Dalle
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abattoirs
Animals
Body Weight
Carcass traits
Food Quality
Growing rabbit
Housing, Animal
Meat - analysis
Meat quality
Muscle, Skeletal
Pen
Phenotype
Platform
Production
Rabbits - growth & development
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Zusammenfassung:Production, carcass traits and meat quality of rabbits housed in cages or in different pens were compared. Rabbits (n=579) were sorted into 5 groups: C=cage (2 rabbits/cage); pen without platform: P11=9 rabbits/pen; P16=14 rabbits/pen; pen with platform: PW=wire net platform, 14 rabbits/pen; PD=platform with straw-litter, 14 rabbits/pen. Feed intake and average daily gain between 5 and 11weeks, and body weight at 11weeks were significantly higher in C rabbits than that of the mean of pen-housed groups, while the PD group had the lowest growth performance. C rabbits had the smallest hind part to reference carcass (P
ISSN:0309-1740
1873-4138
DOI:10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.07.001