Table 1. Least squares means for carcass traits and dressing percentages in three rabbit breeds
Trait | Hyla | Champagne | Tianfu Black | P-value |
Slaughter weight (g) | 2230±12 | 2244±11 | 2231±9 | 0.208 |
Head (%) | 8.58±0.23Bb | 9.24±0.17Ba | 11.34±0.28A | 0.004 |
Skin (%) | 12.63±0.23Bb | 13.36±0.18Ba | 15.63±0.25A | 0.006 |
Thoracic viscera (%) | 1.28±0.04b | 1.19±0.03b | 1.40±0.05a | 0.014 |
Liver (%) | 3.31±0.08b | 3.79±0.07a | 3.78±0.08a | 0.012 |
Kidney (%) | 1.08±0.05b | 1.30±0.06a | 1.27±0.07a | 0.036 |
Commercial carcass (%) | 62.71±0.51b | 63.15±0.39b | 64.87±0.41a | 0.032 |
Reference carcass (%) | 54.71±0.41 | 55.14±0.30 | 55.98±0.35 | 0.057 |