Identification of a Substrain of Himalayan Rabbits Produced in Japan
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science in Experimental Animals
- Vol. 30 (3) , 269-273
- https://doi.org/10.1538/expanim1978.30.3_269
Abstract
The Himalayan rabbit, Chbb : HM has been bred in Kawanishi for about 10 years. The advantage of this strain of rabbit is its mature body-weight of 2.0--2.2kg. In our labs the following parameters of the Himalayan rabbit have been observed : Conception rate 96%, miscarriages 2.7%, viable offspring 6.1 +/- 2/litter, weaning rate 77--92% and malformation rate 1.3%.Keywords
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