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Live and carcass weights of giant rat Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse and domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus L
Author(s) -
Ajayi S. S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1977.tb00402.x
Subject(s) - biology , significant difference , veterinary medicine , european rabbit , zoology , anatomy , medicine , population , demography , sociology
Summary This paper presents a record of the live and carcass weights of the African giant rat Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse and the domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus L. Male and female giant rats have an average killing out percentage of 51.4% ( n = 10, S.D. ± 3.8) and 516% ( n = 7, S.D. ± 3.47) respectively. The difference between the killing‐out percentages of both sexes was not statistically significant at 5% probability level. There was also no significant difference at 5% probability level between the killing‐out percentages of giant rats and domestic rabbit. Very low fat content was observed in the carcasses of wild giant rats.