Identification of substrain of Himalayan rabbits produced in Japan.
The Himalayan rabbit, Chbb : HM has been bred in Kawanishi for about 10 years. The advantage of this strain of rabbit is its mature body-weight of 2.0--2.2kg. In our labs the following parameters of the Himalayan rabbit have been observed : Conception rate 96%, miscarriages 2.7%, viable offspring 6.1 +/- 2/litter, weaning rate 77--92% and malformation rate 1.3%.
D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D012098:Reproduction