Faculty of Animal Science, Kaposvár University, PO Box 16, 7401 Kaposvár, Hungary.
Meat Sci. 2014 Jan;96(1):41-6. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.07.001. Epub 2013 Jul 6.
Production, carcass traits and meat quality of rabbits housed in cages or in different pens were compared. Rabbits (n=579) were sorted into 5 groups: C=cage (2 rabbits/cage); pen without platform: P11=9 rabbits/pen; P16=14 rabbits/pen; pen with platform: PW=wire net platform, 14 rabbits/pen; PD=platform with straw-litter, 14 rabbits/pen. Feed intake and average daily gain between 5 and 11 weeks, and body weight at 11 weeks were significantly higher in C rabbits than that of the mean of pen-housed groups, while the PD group had the lowest growth performance. C rabbits had the smallest hind part to reference carcass (P<0.001) and the largest percentage of perirenal and scapular fat (P<0.001). The meat/bone ratio was the largest in group C (P<0.05). Differences were recorded in a* value and lipid content of m. Longissimus dorsi. Rabbits housed in cages generally had the best performance whereas those housed in pens with platform exhibited the worst.
比较了笼养和不同围栏饲养条件下兔子的生产性能、胴体特性和肉质。将 579 只兔子分为 5 组：笼养（每笼 2 只）；无平台围栏：P11=9 只/围栏；P16=14 只/围栏；有平台围栏：PW=金属网平台，每围栏 14 只；PD=铺有稻草垫料的平台，每围栏 14 只。5 至 11 周龄时，笼养兔子的采食量和平均日增重以及 11 周龄时的体重均显著高于围栏饲养组的平均值，而 PD 组的生长性能最低。C 组兔子的后腿相对于参考胴体（P<0.001）和肾周及肩胛部脂肪比例（P<0.001）最小。C 组的肉/骨比最大（P<0.05）。m. Longissimus dorsi 的 a*值和脂质含量也存在差异。笼养兔子的表现通常最好，而有平台的围栏饲养兔子的表现最差。
