This study was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus
University, during the period from the beginning of January and the beginning
of April, during the year 2002, on 107 local rabbit offsprings at one day age,
were divided according to
the color into five groups: 27 white, 22 black, 25
brown, 14 red, and 19 gray, then given numbers at the birth on her abdomens
and were weighted weekly, after that they were weaned at age 28 days.
This study was conducted in the Agricultural college, Damascus university
during the period from March 1ST until the beginning of July 2001 to determine
some productive parameters in local Syrian female rabbits.
Seventy six adult females and twelv
e bucks from the local rabbits were used
in the present study. These animals were divided according to their color into
five groups (6 females each). The colors were white, black, white and black ,
red, gray and one group (7 female) of brown color. The animals were housed
individually in cages. The females of each group were randomly bred with tow
bucks. The parameters studied were: conception rate, gestation period and
litter size at birth, 7 days, weaning (28 days), 56 days and at the Age of 84 days.
This study was conducted at the farm of the Faculty of Agriculture
(Damascus Univ.), using twenty local rabbits.
These rabbits were housed, managed and fed under the same conditions.
They were identified and distributed into two groups according to the weaning
times (٢٨ vs ٤٢ days).
It was concluded that weaning time has no significant effect on meat
proportion in local rabbits.
