[EN] Simple Summary A successful response was obtained after selection for ovulation rate during 10 generations in rabbits. However, no correlated response in litter size was observed due to an increase in prenatal mortality. ...
Peiró Barber, Rosa Mª; Yehia-Badawy Elmoghazy, Ahmed; Blasco Mateu, Agustín; Santacreu Jerez, María Antonia(Cambridge University Press, 2019-11)
[EN] Rabbit commercial maternal lines are usually selected for litter size (LS) and paternal lines for growth rate (GR). Line OR_LS was selected by ovulation rate (OR) and LS to improve LS more efficiently. In this study, ...
Yehia Badawy Elmoghazy, Ahmed(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-10-03)
[EN] The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the productive performance of a rabbit line (OR-LS) selected by ovulation rate during first 6 generations (period 1), and later by ovulation rate (OR) and litter size (LS) during ...