The aim of this experiment was to characterise the reproductive performances, growth and carcass trait of rabbits of local Algerian population keep under a controlled breeding. In total, 35 females and 35 kits aged of 30 days were used in this study for the reproductive performances and growth, respectively. The weight of females at mating was 2803g and was significantly affected by the parity and physiological status of the females. The nonlactating and multiparous females presented the higher weight at mating (P<0.05). The litter size at birth in this study was 6.1 kits. Multiparous females have shown a significantly higher litter size compared to nulliparous and primiparous females (7.5 vs. 5.8 kits and 7.5 vs. 6 kits, respectively; P<0.05). On other side, average daily gain was 27.21g. Also, the daily feed intake increased by age, from 54.12g/d in the first week post weaning to 139.62g/d at slaughter. The weight of rabbit at slaughter, the weight of hot carcass and the dressing out percentage were respectively 2138 g, 1463g and 69%. In conclusion, the performances obtained is this study allow to classify rabbit of local Algerian population as medium size rabbit with lower performances of litter size and growth which can be improved by genetic selection.
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