International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-780211122021031724012401ENDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA UniversityDepartment of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, MAHSA University20210316<span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 208.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01522);">Rabbit strains find immense application in biomedical research with every strain having their discrete </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 226.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04661);">advantage in specific research endeavor. Acceptability of rabbit strains as laboratory animals owes </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 244.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.992938);">to their breeding ease, availability, cost‑effectiveness, ethical conveniences, larger size, compared </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 262.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01115);">to rats and mice, and responsiveness. With respect to different life phases, the article displays </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 280.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.994177);">that one human year is equivalent to: </span><span style="left: 344.378px; top: 280.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.995675);">(1) in developmental phase, 56.77 </span><span style="left: 569.723px; top: 280.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.994563);">days for New </span><span style="left: 664.778px; top: 280.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00061);">Zealand </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 298.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00066);">White </span><span style="left: 136.178px; top: 298.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02368);">(NZW) and New </span><span style="left: 245.288px; top: 298.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01603);">Zealand Red </span><span style="left: 327.743px; top: 298.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01922);">(NZR) rabbits, 71.01 </span><span style="left: 461.048px; top: 298.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03028);">days for Dutch belted and Polish rabbits, </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 316.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02021);">and 85.28 </span><span style="left: 159.968px; top: 316.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02206);">days for Californian rabbits; </span><span style="left: 338.318px; top: 316.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03026);">(2) in the prepubertal phase, 13.04 </span><span style="left: 555.833px; top: 316.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03077);">days for NZW and Dutch </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 334.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01005);">belted, 15.65 </span><span style="left: 177.788px; top: 334.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01937);">days for NZR and Californian, and 10.43 </span><span style="left: 433.778px; top: 334.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01702);">days for Polish rabbits; </span><span style="left: 579.488px; top: 334.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02417);">(3) in the adult phase, </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 352.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1);">18.25 </span><span style="left: 134.633px; top: 352.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.975681);">days for NZW and Californian rabbits, 22.75 </span><span style="left: 426.173px; top: 352.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.968938);">days for NZR, and 12 </span><span style="left: 573.263px; top: 352.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.976604);">days for Dutch Belted </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 370.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03694);">and Polish rabbits; </span><span style="left: 216.308px; top: 370.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03345);">(4) during reproductive senescence, 42.94 </span><span style="left: 482.228px; top: 370.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04746);">days for NZW, NZR and Californian </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 388.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02721);">rabbits, 28.62 </span><span style="left: 185.018px; top: 388.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05838);">days for Dutch belted, and 25.05 </span><span style="left: 398.933px; top: 388.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04912);">days for Polish rabbits; </span><span style="left: 550.733px; top: 388.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04429);">(5) in the post‑senescence </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 406.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.993565);">phase, 50.34 </span><span style="left: 180.083px; top: 406.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.98823);">days for NZW, 25.17 </span><span style="left: 323.138px; top: 406.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.987999);">days for NZR, Dutch Belted and Californian and 31.46 </span><span style="left: 685.583px; top: 406.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00037);">days </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 424.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.984627);">for Polish rabbits. The laboratory rabbit strains differ in various physiological, developmental and </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 442.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.972054);">genetic make‑ups, which also reflect upon the correlation of their age at different life stages with </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 460.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988416);">that of a human. The present article aids selection of laboratory rabbit strain of accurate age as </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 478.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.96353);">per experimental need, by precisely relating the same with age of human considering different life </span><span style="left: 94.5378px; top: 496.183px; font-size: 15px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00066);">stages.</span>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2401http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2401/717718233