Effect of Feed Restriction during Pregnancy on Performance and Productivity of New Zealand White Rabbit Does

Table 1

The effect of the stage of feed restriction during pregnancy on maternal body weights (means ± SE).

Parameter	Group
	Control	𝑅1	𝑅2
Weight of does at the start (g)	2860.00 ± 77.67^a	2790.00 ± 165.63^a	2873.33 ± 38.44^a
Weight of does after two weeks (g)	3216.67 ± 72.65^a	2966.67 ± 130.17^a	3100.00 ± 76.38^a
Weight of does after four weeks (g)	3500.00 ± 57.74^a	3443.33 ± 34.80^a	3196.67 ± 68.88^b
Weight ofdoes at kindling day (g)	3140.00 ± 66.58^a	3083.33 ± 95.28^a	2783.33 ± 70.55^b
Weight of does after six weeks (g)	3540.00 ± 95.39^a	3490.00 ± 66.58^a	3480.00 ± 58.59^a
Weight of does after eight weeks (g)	3593.33 ± 63.59^a	3556.67 ± 177.42^a	3540.00 ± 63.51^a

^{a, b}Means with the different superscripts in the same raw are significantly different (𝑃≤0.05).
𝑅₁: early feed restriction.
𝑅₂: late feed restriction.