INBREEDING AND LINE BREEDING OF RABBITS
Can you inbreed rabbits? What is line breeding? More importantly, why should you? Line breeding is the process of breeding closely related animals, usually father to daughter or mother to son, in an effort to improve individual traits. Inbreeding is the same as line breeding but the animals are much more closely related, typically brother and sister. Nearly all animals have been inbred or line bred at some point, and rabbits are no exception. In fact every breed of domesticated rabbit (or cow, dog, cat, and even fish) have been bred by humans into what they are now. Hundreds or sometimes thousands of years of breeding lines have created the cows, pigs, sheep, and other farm animals that we now have. Rabbits are no different. Line Breeding vs Inbreeding Before we begin it’s important to understand the difference between line breeding and inbreeding. Line breeding Line breeding is the act of breeding a father to a daughter, or a mother to...