  We study the properties of the Cabibbo suppressed quasielastic production of
$\Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ hyperons in antineutrino interactions with nuclei,
including the effects of modified form factor axial mass, the second class
current and SU(3) flavour violations. The hyperon and nucleon are subjected to
the nuclear potential and the outgoing hyperon can undergo final state
interactions. The hyperon potential has a significant effect on their
production through absorption. We predict a significant enhancement of
$\Lambda$ production compared with other hyperon production channels through
$\Sigma \to \Lambda$ conversions. We produce predictions for several
experiments by combining realistic neutrino energy distributions with suitable
nuclear targets.
