SLAUGHTER CHARACTERISTICS OF RABBITS BASED ON SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37547/Keywords:
rabbit breeding, sexual dimorphism, slaughter weight, carcass yield, fat content, proteogenic growth, lipogenic growth, metabolic traitsAbstract
This study investigated the effect of sexual dimorphism on slaughter performance in rabbits. The results showed that female rabbits had higher live weight (2825.7 g) and slaughter weight (1571.7 g) compared to males (2637.7 g and 1419.3 g, respectively). The most pronounced difference was observed in fat mass, with females exhibiting 2.34 times greater fat mass than males. The findings indicate that sexual dimorphism in rabbits is expressed at both metabolic and morpho-functional levels. It was found that proteogenic processes predominate in males, whereas lipogenic processes predominate in females.
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