Application of modern trends and models in rabbit breeding: A review

Denis Viryanski, Milena Bozhilova-Sakova, Ivona Dimitrova

Резюме: Тhe domestic rabbit is a valuable species because of the qualities of its meat. It is also used for the
production of wool and fur. In Bulgaria, the rabbit is mainly raised for the production of rabbit meat.
Breeding of rabbits in intensive and semi-intensive farms is carried out mainly through hormonal
stimulation and artificial insemination. In recent years, in rabbit breeding has been used modern molecular
methods including various analyzes at the DNA level – microsatellite markers, RFLP, QTL
etc. In Bulgaria, there are very few studies associated with the genome of rabbits and the phenotype
expression of genes. Тhе experimental work at the molecule level and the application of new techniques
contributes to the development and fast progress in this direction, and this has a significant
advantage in creating different ways of working in this field.

Ключови думи: modern trends; rabbit breeding; rabbit genome; reproduction

Дата на публикуване: 2021-12-22