# Altex rabbit

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The **Altex** (/ˈɔːltɛks/ AWL-teks) is a commercial breed of [domestic rabbit](/source/Domestic_rabbit) developed, beginning in 1994, for [cuniculture](/source/Cuniculture), specifically for the rabbit [meat industry](/source/Meat_industry).[1] The Altex breed is not recognized by the [American Rabbit Breeders Association](/source/American_Rabbit_Breeders_Association) (ARBA)[2][3] or by the [British Rabbit Council](/source/British_Rabbit_Council) (BRC).[4][5]

The name *Altex* refers to this breed's initial development at [Alabama A&M University](/source/Alabama_A%26M_University) and at [Texas A&M University–Kingsville](/source/Texas_A%26M_University%E2%80%93Kingsville). The breed was developed from [Flemish Giant](/source/Flemish_Giant), [Champagne d'Argent](/source/Argente_rabbit), and [Californian](/source/Californian_rabbit) stock.[1] Altex rabbits are a "Terminal Sire" rabbit and are bred for quick weight gain, as opposed to high weight gain. Bucks are bred to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_rabbit) does and the resulting litter go to market, on average, one week earlier than New Zealand fryers.[6]

Altex rabbits typically weigh 13 pounds and have coat markings similar to the Californian rabbit: white with dark points on the extremities.[7]

## See also

- [List of rabbit breeds](/source/List_of_rabbit_breeds)

## References

1. Lukefahr, Steven D. (Sep–Oct 1996). ["Development of a New Commercial Sire Breed: The Altex"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020116071303/http://users.tamuk.edu/kfsdl00/altex-article.html). *Domestic Rabbits*. **24** (5): 20–21. [American Rabbit Breeders Association](/source/American_Rabbit_Breeders_Association). Archived from [the original](http://users.tamuk.edu/kfsdl00/altex-article.html) on 16 January 2002.

1. ["Official ARBA website"](https://arba.net/). *American Rabbit Breeders Association*. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

1. *Standard of Perfection 2021-2025*. American Rabbit Breeders Association. 2021. ASIN B08QG6242B.

1. ["Official BRC website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051025025558/http://www.thebrc.org/). *The British Rabbit Council*. Archived from [the original](http://www.thebrc.org/) on 25 October 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

1. ["Breed Standards 2021-2025"](https://thebritishrabbitcouncil.org/Breed%20Standards%20Book%202021.pdf). *British Rabbit Council*. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

1. Whitman, Bob D. (2004). *Domestic rabbits & their histories: breeds of the world*. Leawood, KS: Leathers Pub. ISBN 978-1-58597-275-3.

1. ["The Rabbit Breeding & Teaching Program at TAMUK"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204136/http://users.tamuk.edu/kfsdl00/rabb.html). *Texas A&M University–Kingsville*. 12 September 2016. Archived from [the original](http://users.tamuk.edu/kfsdl00/rabb.html) on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

## External links

- Medellin, M. F. & Lukefahr. S. D. (May 2001). "Breed and heterotic effects on postweaning traits in Altex and New Zealand White straightbred and crossbred rabbits". *[Journal of Animal Science](/source/Journal_of_Animal_Science)*. **79** (5): 1173–8. [doi:10.2527/2001.7951173x](https://doi.org/10.2527/2001.7951173x). [PMID 11374536](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11374536)

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