[Origin, distribution, current quantity]

Jirong rabbit, formerly known as Vc-rex rabbit, was a rabbit breeder between the former Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Supplies University (now the Department of Agriculture of Jilin University) and Siping City, Jilin Province The farm jointly passed the national new breed approval in 2003 and obtained the national new livestock and poultry breed certificate. In 2006, it won the second prize of Jilin Province Science and Technology Progress Award. It is mainly distributed in Jilin Province and is now located in the breeding rabbit farm of the Department of Agriculture of Jilin University and the breeding rabbit farm in Siping City.

[Appearance, weight, litter size]

This breed is made from Japanese big-eared white rabbits It is a female parent and a California male rex rabbit is a male parent. It was selected and bred for five generations, with a total of 2 strains and 32 families.

He has a medium-sized head, red eyes, upright ears of medium length, medium body shape, well-proportioned structure, straight back and waist, solid limbs, thick hair on the soles of the feet, and more than 4 pairs of nipples; the coat is smooth, smooth, and rich Elasticity, uniform length and fineness, adult weight 3000-4000g, body length 50.6cm, chest circumference 27cm at 5 months old, coat density 14870 hairs/cm2, coarse hair rate 5.7%; strong reproductive performance, female rabbit litter litter 7.22 litters , average weight at 5 months old is 2500g.

The Jirong-I series rabbit is larger and longer, with a well-proportioned structure, red eyes, large ears and upright eyes, and a whole body The coat is white, the limbs are solid and strong, and the soles of the feet are thickly furred; the adult weight is 3500-4000g, the body length is 53.0cm, the chest circumference at 5 months old is 28cm, the coat density is 13900 hairs/cm2, and the coarse hair rate is 5.7%; the female rabbit has strong reproductive performance. There are 7.0 piglets in the litter, the weaning survival rate is 95.1%, and the average weight at 5 months old is 3000g.