A new parameter describing fertility in rabbits at the farm level: the kit index
<p>The kit index (KI) combines the kindling rate (KR) and the average litter size (LS) per group of does, per breeding round, per year, or per farm and represents the number of total or live-born kits per 100 inseminated does. The KR is the percentage of kindlings per number of inseminated d...
Main Author: | S. Hoy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-12-01
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Series: | Archives Animal Breeding |
Online Access: | https://www.arch-anim-breed.net/61/463/2018/aab-61-463-2018.pdf |
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