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