Table 1. Mean length (± standard deviation) of outer coat, inner coat, fibre diameter and coarse fibre content (defined as the content of fibres having a fibre diameter larger than 30 µm) in rex and normal G2 rabbit coats.

		Presence	Length of	Length of	Diameter of inner	Diameter of outer coat
		of curled	outer coat	inner coat	coat «downs»	«awns»	«guards»
	n	whiskers	(mm)	(mm)	[0 µm; 20 µm]	[20 µm; 45 µm]	>45 µm
Normal coat	54	no	33.4±3.3	23.6±2.1	93.1%	5.4%	1.5%
Rex coat	44	yes	18.9±1.9	95.9%	3.7%	0.4%