Studies on the quality of Rex rabbit fur

Abstract

The skin of Rex rabbit is usually used as fur, which has characteristics of softness, smoothness and beauty. The results of our study show that the skin area of a five months old Rex rabbit is 950-1000 cm2.The hair density on the skin is 15000 to 38000 fibres/cm2. The diameter of hair fibre is 18-19 µm. The proportion of coarse hair is 6-7 %, and the proportion of fine hair is 93-94 %. The length of hair fibre is 1.3-2.2 cm. The thickness of the skin is 1.8-2.1 mm.