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Genetic Evaluation of Growth Traits in New Synthetic Rabbit Line in Egypt

Open Journal of Agricultural Research | Vol 1, Issue 2

Table 1. Means ±S.E and coefficients of variation (CV%) of body weights andrelative growth rates (RGR)

Traits	Means(g)	±S.E	CV%

Body weights:

5 weeks	467.0	3.6	27.2
6 weeks	584.2	4.3	25.9
8 weeks	803.6	5.8	24.9
10 weeks	1088.3	7.7	22.8
12 weeks	1329.6	9.3	21.1
14 weeks	1558.7	11.0	19.6
16 weeks	1735.2	12.6	19.1
18 weeks	1923.0	13.9	18.5
20 weeks	2127.3	15.2	17.9

RGR at age intervals:

5-6 week	21.8	0.25	39.3
6-8 week	31.2	0.36	39.4
8-10 week	28.1	0.33	37.7
10-12 week	18.8	0.22	34.4
12-14 week	15.3	0.14	25.5
14-16 week	11.8	0.14	32.0
16-18 week	10.3	0.11	33.4
18-20 week	10.2	0.10	26.6
5-20 week	125.2	0.67	13.3

RGR = Relative growth rate (%)