FERTILITY IN RABBIT DOES ADMINISTERED HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN UNDER NATURAL MATING

Ewuola, E. O and Adeyemi, A. A and Amao, T. M and Jones, B. O and Lawanson, A. A (2016) FERTILITY IN RABBIT DOES ADMINISTERED HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN UNDER NATURAL MATING. Journal of animal production research, 28 (2). pp. 55-60. ISSN 0189-0514

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Abstract

An experiment was carried out to investigate the influence of human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) on the fertility rate of naturally mated rabbit does. The rabbit does of about 7-8 months were used for the trial. Human chorionic gonadotropin hormone was administered to the does at varying levels of 0, 75, 150, 225 and 300 I.U, designated treatments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Twenty five rabbit does were divided into five groups with five does per groups. The groups were randomly allotted to the five treatments in a completely randomized design. The study lasted 5 weeks. The results showed that does on 0 and 75 I.U had 60 and 50% conception rate, respectively while does on 150 and 300 I.U had 20% conception rate, however does treated with 225 I.U had no conception rate. There were no significant differences in the weight of does before and after birth, gestation length and litter weight and average litter weight. Number of live kits at birth and litter size showed significant (p<0.05) difference across the treatments. The results of this study show that hCG influenced the fertility rate of rabbit does. It is recommended that hCG should be administered at 75 I.U for optimum conception rate and litter size.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2020 11:50
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2020 11:50
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1017

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