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

Table 3

The effect of the stage of feed restriction during pregnancy on hematological findings of does at the 5th day post partum (means ± SE).

Parameter	Group
	Control	𝑅1	𝑅2
RBCs (10^6/μl)	3.64 ± 0.27^a	3.76 ± 0.32^a	3.33 ± 0.15^a
PCV (%)	30.65 ± 0.62^a	29.26 ± 0.59^a	28.34 ± 0.75^a
Hb (g/dl)	9.14 ± 0.54^a	9.24 ± 0.39^a	8.31 ± 0.41^a
MCV (fl)	84.79 ± 4.52^a	78.61 ± 5.21^a	85.39 ± 2.17^a
MCH (pg)	25.15 ± 0.64^a	24.74 ± 1.19^a	24.98 ± 0.12^a
MCHC (%)	29.79 ± 1.36^a	31.59 ± 1.29^a	29.30 ± 0.86^a
Prolactin	3.85 ± 0.15^a	4.20 ± 0.15^a	3.51 ± 0.29^a
Total protein (g/dl)	5.63 ± 0.15 ^a	5.90 ± 0.26 ^a	4.92 ± 0.16 ^b

^{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.