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

Table 2

The effect of the stage of feed restriction during pregnancy on litter performance (means ± SE).

Parameter	Group
	Control	𝑅1	𝑅2
Litter Size at birth	6.00 ± 0.58^a	5.67 ± 0.33^a	5.00 ± 0.58^a
Total litter weight at birth (g)	304.17 ± 8.21^a	320.00 ± 17.32^a	236.67 ± 8.82^b
Mean kit weight at birth (g)	51.57 ± 4.60^a	57.22 ± 6.55^a	48.22 ± 3.86 ^a
Mean kit weight at the 21st day (g)	380.00 ± 11.55^b	446.67 ± 8.82^a	308.33 ± 11.67^c
Individual weaning body weight (g)	471.67 ± 14.81^b	558.33 ± 16.19^a	411.67 ± 7.26^c
Mortality rate %	4.33 ± 0.67^a	3.33 ± 0.88^a	7.00 ± 0.58 ^b

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