Morphological Study Of Giant Angora Rabbits At PARC AZRC Dera Ismail Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Muhammad Jamil, Sidra Maryam, Ammar Anwar , Saqib Ali Rustam , Muhammad Zeeshan , Anila Khan, Sana Najeeb , Sayeda Adia Fatima , Muhammad Kashif

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Rabbits are one of the most important animals that mostly used in various laboratories to perform various experiments all over the world. These are either kept in animal facilities for scientific purposes or sold out for commercial purposes. The various breeds of rabbits have been reared in the globe but Angora rabbit is best breed among them. The current study was conducted to check the morphology of angora rabbits. The study showed that the average mean body length, heart girth, tail length, ear length, ear width, head length, head width, neck length and height of male angora rabbits was 12.24±1.09, 13.24±1.06, 3.31±0.52, 4.00±0.25, 2.70±0.28, 5.09±0.81, 2.98±0.41, 2.78±0.89 and 11.87±1.10 inches, respectively. The average mean body length, heart girth, tail length, ear length, ear width, head length, head width, neck length and height of female angora rabbits was 11.99±1.08, 12.76±1.32, 3.38±0.63, 3.76±0.30, 2.64±0.56, 5.00±0.63, 2.77±0.51, 2.74±0.49 and 11.40±2.00 inches, respectively. The colour of coat was white while eyes of the rabbits were pink in colour. This is the first study related to morphology of angora rabbits in the country which helped to document the morphological characters of Angora rabbits in study area. This study will be proved basic step in determining the morphology and biology of angora rabbits in the country.

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