Rabbit

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Rabbits Mammalian order

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Lagomorpha

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Rabbits used to be classifies under order

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Rodentia

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Two pairs of incisors

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Rabbit/Lagomorphs

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One pair of upper incisors

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Rodents

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All modern rabbits breeds are derived from the

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Wild European rabbit

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Scientific name of rabbit

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Oryctolagus cuniculus

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Is rounded

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Head

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- Long upright and set on either side

12% of the body surface

- Highly vascular, this this is the site for blood collection

- location for thermoregulation

- very mobile, and pick up sounds of danger

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Ear pinnae

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- protuberant

- set on either side of the head

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Eyes

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Vision to detect predators

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Mononuclear

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Active at dawn and dusk

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Crepuscular

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Adopted to low light

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Vision

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Soft and covered in sensitive hairs

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Lips

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Divided by a deep philtrum

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Upper lip

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Enables them to nibble very short grass

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Philtrum

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A large fold of skin under the chin of a doe from which they pull fur to line their nests before giving birth

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Dewlap

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Are used to mark the territory

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Scent glands

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Scent glands are found in:

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Under the chin

At the anus

Either side of the perineum

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Area between the anus and the scrotum/vulva

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Perineum

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No ______ feet are fully covered with fur

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Footpads

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Relatively short

Used for digging

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Forelegs

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Longer

Provide the propulsive force for the characteristic hopping method of locomotion

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Hindlegs

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____ toes on each forepaw

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Five

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____ toes on each hind paw

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4

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Vertebral formula of rabbits

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C7 T12-13 L7 S4 Ca16

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Is delicate and makes up 7-8% of its body mass

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Rabbit's skeleton

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More triangular and pronounced hook-shaped suprahamate process on the acromion

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Scapula

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Acetabulum of the os coxae consist of the ff:

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Ilium

Ischium

Os acetabuli

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An accessory bone, unfused fragment of bone from the acetabulum

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Os acetabuli (acetabular bone)

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Not involved in the acetabulum as seen in cats

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Pubis

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Radius and ulna are completely fused

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Forelimb

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Fibula is half the length of the tibia and is fused

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Hindlimb

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Pale pink in color than in cats

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Rabbit muscles

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Rabbits are

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Herbivores

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Rabbits dubbed as

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Little horses

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Site for plant digestion

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Ceca

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Dental formula of rabbits

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2(I 2/1, C0/0, P3/2, M3/3) = 28

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Have enamel only on the outer surface

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Incisors

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Space between the incisors and cheek teeth

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Diastema

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Thin walled which acts as a reservoir of food and which is never empty

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Stomach

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They don't ______ because of the arrangement of the cardia in relation to the stomach

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Vomit

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Long and relatively have small lumen

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Duodenum and Ileum

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Has rounded structure called Sacculus rotundus

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Cecum/caecum

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Rounded structure of the cecum

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Sacculus rotundus

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Network of lymph follicles inside the sacculus rotundus

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Ileocecal tonsil

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Terminal portion of the cecum which contains lymphoid tissue

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Appendix

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Is also sacculated

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Colon

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- produced within 4 hours of eating

- fiber passes rapidly throughtm the digestive tract

- essential for the stimulation of gut function but has no nutritive value

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Hard fibrous pellets

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- Produced within 3-8 hours of eating often at night

- covered with mucus,greener,low in fiber and high in protein, Vitamin B-complex and K and volatile fatty acids

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Soft pellets/ caecotrophs

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Protects the caecotrophs from the acidity of the stomach

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Mucus

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Facilitates the absorption of the nutrients in the small intestine

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Mucus

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Process of eating its own feces

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Coprophagia

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Rabbits are obligate _____ breathers

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Nose

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If they breathe through their mouths, it often has a

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Poor prognosis

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Rabbit's nose twitches __-__ times per minute

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20-120

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Even as adults, their _____ do not atrophy

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Thymus glands

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Lies ventral to the heart and runs cranially to the thoracic inlet

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Thymus gland

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Diaphragm is

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Present

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Have three lobes on each side:

Cranial

Middle

Caudal

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Lungs

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Kidneys are

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Unipapillate

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A single medullary pyramid drains into the renal pelvis and ureter

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Kidneys

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- the ureters drain into the bladder

- the urethra empties into the ventral wall of the vagina

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Does(female)

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The ureters drain low down on the neck of the bladder

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Bucks(males)

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Bucks have ___ testicles

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2

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Lie in two almost hairless scrotal sacs cranial to the penis

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Testicles

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Testicles descend from the abdomen at about

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12 weeks of age

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Remains open

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Inguinal canal

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Os penis

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Absent

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Uterus of does are

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Bicornuate

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Has 2 separate uterine horns to hold litter

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Bicornuate

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Uterine body

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Absent

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Major fat storage organ

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Mesometrium

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Each horn has its own ___ leading into the vagina

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Cervix

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Does have __ to ___ pairs of nipples

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4-5

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Rabbits are ____ ovulators

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Induced

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Young rabbit is

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Altricial

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Born hairless

Totally dependent on their dam for the first few weeks of life

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Altricial

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Male rabbit

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Buck

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Juvenile rabbit

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Kit

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Female rabbit

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Doe

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Act of giving birth in rabbits

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Kindling