The highest stocking density induced the highest skin percentage.Lower stocking densities showed
lower lightness of Biceps femoris and higher redness of Longissimus lumborum muscles. Four rabbits/cage
group (Experiment 2) showed the highest daily weight gain and slaughter weight and the lowest skin percentage.
The muscles of 16 rabbits/cage showed significantly higher pHu than 8 and 4 rabbits/cage. BF of
16 and 4 rabbits/cage showed higher L* value. Productive performance and meat quality of rabbits reared
outdoors improved in low group size while stocking density needs more experiments. The best combination
of density, group size and total available surface that showed the best production and carcass traits was of 5
rabbits/m2, 4 rabbits/cage, and 0.8 m2.