Some Genetical and Environmental Studies of Production and Reproduction of Rabbits

the present work aimed to investigate some doe traits (litter size, litter weight, mortality rate from birth to weaning at 4 weeks of age, number of services per conception and gestation period) in californian and new zealand white rabbits. factors studied were breed, doe within breed, parity and month of kindling. it also aimed to estimate repeatability of the studied traits and the correlation coefficients between each pairs of the traits studied.