14 FACTS - RABBIT MEAT PRODUCTION AROUND THE WORLD
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| Rabbit meat production |
- Rabbit meat or lean meat as it’s generally known is white meat, just like turkey.
- Rabbit meat is one with high % of protein (USDA circular #549)
- Rabbit meat has 795 calories per 450g (USDA circular # 549).
- Rabbit meat has a lower % of fat than chicken, turkey, beef or pork (USDA circular # 549)
- The cholesterol level in rabbit meat is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef, lamb or pork (Alabama A & M University 1989).
- The office of home economics, state relations of the US Department of Agriculture have conducted extensive tests and have stated that domestic rabbit meat is the most nutritious meat known to man.
- Rabbits will produce 2.7kgs of meat on the same feed and water as a cow will produce 450g of meat.
- Hungary has some of the largest rabbit meat farms in the world, some farms have over 10,000 producing does.
- As the world human population grows the meat resources will dwindle and therefore rabbit meat will become more dominant in the meat market.
- Rabbit meat has been used and is suited for special diets, such as those for heart disease patients, diets for the aged, low sodium diets, weight reduction diets. (It is recommended to get the opinion of your doctor on what type of a diet you should be on).
- Rabbit meat is seasonal any month of the year and is especially recommended during the hot summer months, as it does not contain the heating properties of most all other meats.
- A doe rabbit that weighs 4.5 KG can produce 145 KG of meat in a year.
- Baby rabbits feed on mother’s milk so rich that they can double their weight in 6 short days as compared to a pig at 14 days, calves 47 days, and humans 160 days.
- France and China are the world's largest producers and consumers of rabbit meat . In Hungary, there are rabbitries with over 10,000 does producing rabbits for export to Italy, making it one the largest consumers.
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