Table 5.
Rabbit categories
| Categorya | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kits | From birth to weaning |
| Growing rabbits | From weaning to slaughter age |
| Young females for breeding | From selection (as a breeder) till first service |
| Young males for breeding | From selection (as a breeder) till appropriate age for mating or semen collection |
| Breeding bucks | From first mating/semen collection to culling |
| Non‐conceiving does | Non‐pregnant does after weaning of their litters till the next successful service |
| Reproducing does | From first kindling till culling – depending on the moment of the production cycle, this may include pregnant, lactating and lactating pregnant does |
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For this opinion, the animal categories in bold have been selected as target populations for the survey.