Milk yield and kit development of four breeds of rabbit in Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 1 Milk yield and kit growth of four exotic breeds of Rabbit in Ibadan

Parameters	Fauve de Bourgogne	Chinchilla	British Spot	New Zealand White	±SEM
Initial doe weight (g)	2265.64	2277.00	2340.27	2201.00	54.62
Final doe weight (g)	2335.94^b	2492.00^a	2422.45^a	2302.36^b	36.79
Gestation length (days)	31.47	31.55	32.09	31.73	0.17
Average kit weight at birth (g)	47.19^b	50.95^a	47.99^b	45.51^b	1.95
Litter size (nos of kits)	5.17	5.43	5.89	6.50	0.47
Doe gestation weight change (g)	108.00^b	187.63^a	82.18^bc	62.50^c	29.13
Litter size at weaning (nos of kits)	3.56	3.80	3.67	4.00	0.35
Weight of doe at weaning (g)	2237.33^c	2583.50^a	2401.17^b	2507.17^a	54.16
Doe lactation weight change (g)	20.33^b	45.67^b	−4.50^c	196.17^a	49.71
Average kit weight at weaning (g)	468.46^c	575.42^b	609.13^a	512.32^c	32.29
Milk yield (g)	253.14^b	315.80^a	350.65^a	277.47^b	22.61
Survival rate (%)	76.98^b	87.670^a	75.10^b	74.31^b	5.98

^{a, b, c}: means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly (P < 0.05) different. SEM: Standard Error of Mean

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