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Q. What is a female rabbit called?
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A. Doe
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Q. What is a male rabbit called?
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A. Buck
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Q. True or False
A domestic rabbit can be bred with a wild cottontail rabbit. |
A. False – they are different species.
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Q. True or False
Sun can fade a rabbit’s fur. |
A. True
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Q. How do you groom a rabbit?
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A. Brush off loose fur and debris.
Moisten hands and rub them over fur from front to back. Trim nails. Clean stains. Clean scent glands. Use blower on wooled coats. |
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Q. How many teeth do rabbits have?
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A. 28
(6 incisors and 22 molars) |
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Q. How many toenails do rabbits have?
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A. A total of 18.
(5 toenails including a dewclaw on each front foot. 4 toenails on each rear foot) |
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Q. A fold of skin at the throat.
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A. Dewlap
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Q. An extra claw on the inside of the rabbit’s front leg.
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A. Dewclaw
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Q. What is the proper way to lift a rabbit?
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A. Place one hand under the
midsection and use the other hand to support the hindquarters. |
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Q. What do the terms “BOB”
and “BOS” stand for? |
A. Best of Breed
Best Opposite Sex of Breed |
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Q. The 3 primary body sections of
a rabbit as listed in the Standard of Perfection. |
A. shoulders, midsection, and hindquarters
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Q. What does ARBA stand for?
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A. American Rabbit Breeders Association
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Q. Normal fur that quickly
returns back to its normal position when stroked from back to front. |
A. Flyback
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Q. Normal fur that slowly returns
back to its normal position when stroked from back to front. |
A. Rollback
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Q. What is the age range for intermediate 6-class rabbits?
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A. A rabbit 6 months up to 8 months of age.
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Q. What are the ages for senior rabbits?
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Answer:
4-class: 6 months and over 6-class: 8 months and over |
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Q. Name the 4 primary fur types in ARBA accepted rabbits.
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A. normal, rex, satin, wool
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Q. Name the 6 classes for rabbits having an ideal weight of 9 lbs. or over.
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A. senior buck, senior doe intermediate buck, intermediate doe junior buck, junior doe
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Q. Name 3 variations of normal fur.
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A. flyback, rollback, standing
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Q. The father of a rabbit.
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A. Sire
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Q. Which ear of the rabbit does a breeder tattoo?
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A. Left
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Q. A defect, deformity, or blemish rendering a rabbit unshowable.
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A. Disqualification
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Q. True or False
A rabbit must be pedigreed to be shown at an ARBA show. |
A. False
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Q. An official ARBA document indicating that a rabbit is of good quality and meets the standard for its breed.
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A. Registration
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Q. True or False
You must be an ARBA member to register a rabbit. |
A. True
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Q. How many breeds of rabbits are recognized by the ARBA?
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A. 47
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Q. What is the nose marking on a shaded rabbit called?
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A. Mask
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Q. Rabbit show category for breeds having An ideal adult weight of under 9 lbs.
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A. Four-class senior buck, senior doe
junior buck, junior doe |
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Q. Accepted weight range for meat pens.
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A. 3-5 pounds
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Q. How many rabbits are in a meat pen entry?
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A. Three
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Q. What 4 considerations are meat pens judge on?
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A. Meat type (40 points)
Condition (40 points) Uniformity (20 points) Fur (10 points) |
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Q. Imperfections not serious enough to disqualify a rabbit from showing.
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A. fault
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Q. “Ring color” would be found in what variety group?
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A. Agouti
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Q. What does the term density refer to when evaluating the coat?
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A. How thick the coat is.
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Q. Where would a butterfly marking be located on a rabbit?
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A. On the rabbit nose/muzzle area.
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Q. The color at the base of the fur shaft.
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A. undercolor
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Q. The longer, coarser hair of the coat that protects the undercoat.
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A. guard hair
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Q. The triangle marking is a feature of what two variety groups?
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A. Agouti and tan pattern
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Q. Lop rabbits are divided into what two show variety groups?
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A. solid and broken
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Q. Term for rabbit having the same color fur over the entire body.
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A. self
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Q. What do the terms BOV and BOSV stand for?
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A. Best of Variety Best Opposite Sex of Variety
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Q. In which ear would a rabbit’s registration tattoo be placed by the registrar at the time of registration?
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A. The right ear
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Q. What do the terms BOG and BOSG stand for?
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A. Best of Group Best Opposite Sex of Group
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Q. Term for a lightly marked broken rabbit
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A. Charlie
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Q. Name a breed that disqualifies for having a dewlap.
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A. Netherland Dwarf, Dwarf Hotot, Tan, Britannia Petite, Silver, Himalayan, Polish
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Q. Where are lap spots located?
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A. Inside the hind legs/groin area most
commonly seen on agouti, shaded, or tan pattern rabbits. |
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Q. Name the 5 body types.
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A. Full arch, semi arch (mandolin),
compact, commercial, cylindrical. |
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Q. Making the distinction between
a buck and a doe is called? |
A. Sexing
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Q. Various ways to market a rabbit.
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Meat - Breeding Stock - Research
Pets - Byproducts - (wool, fur, manure for fertilizer) |
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Q. A record of a rabbit’s date of birth and ancestry
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A. pedigree
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Q. When should the nest box be put n for a pregnant doe?
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A. 28 days after the doe is bred.
(3 days before kindling) alanced diet for a rabbit? |
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Q. Term for a doe giving birth to a litter.
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A. Kindling – to kindle
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Q. Average length of rabbit gestation.
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A. 31 Days
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Q. When breeding rabbits, should mating take place in the buck or the doe’s cage?
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A. In the buck’s cage.
(The doe may attack if attempts are made to breed her in her own territory.) |
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Q. True or False
Rabbits are born with their eyes open. |
A. False
The kits eyes open 8-14 days after birth. |
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Q. When is the optimal time to
palpate a doe? |
A. 12-14 days after mating.
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Q. Removal of undesirable
rabbits from the herd. |
A. Culling
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Q. Name a common cause of breeding problems.
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A. Rabbits that are overweight
or too old, extreme heat, vent disease, seasonal breeding depression, inbreeding depression. |
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Q. What does the term “lactate” mean?
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A. To produce milk.
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Q. At what age should kits be weaned?
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A. 6-8 weeks
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Q. How many times a day does a doe normally nurse her young?
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A. One to two times per day.
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Q. Name a cause of litter loss.
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A. Litter born on wire, exposure,
predators, doe stomping kits, bacterial infection, doe eating kits, doe with mastitis, doe not lactating. |
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Q. Name a type of record that one would keep when raising rabbits.
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A. breeding, expenses,
income/sales, pedigree, show, health, chore records |
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Q. Mating rabbits that are very closely related Such as parent to offspring or sibling breeding.
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A. In-breeding
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Q. Breeding rabbits that are descended from a common ancestor.
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A. Line-breeding
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Q. Mating unrelated rabbits of the same breed.
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A. Out-breeding
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Q. Mating rabbits of different breeds.
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A. Cross-breeding
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Q. Genes that hide the expression of other genes.
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A. Dominant
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Q. What are the 5 primary gene loci that control coat color in rabbits?
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A. A,B,C,D,E
(agouti, brown, color, dilute, extension) |
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Q. Term for genetically inherited characteristics of a rabbit.
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A. genotype
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Q. Term for the observable characteristic or trait of a rabbit.
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A. Phenotype
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Q. When does a rabbit reach
sexual maturity and can be bred? |
A. Commercial – 9-11 months
Medium-sized – 7-9 months Small – 4-6 months |
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Q. Period of time from
conception to birth |
A. Gestation
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Q. Process of determining if the
doe is pregnant by feeling for developing kits in the uterus |
A. Palpation
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Q. When can you start palpating
and feeling a kit inside |
A. 10 days
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Q. When do you remove
the nest box? |
A. 14-21 days
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Q. When do the kits eyes start to open?
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A. 10 days
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Q. The study of heredity
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A. Genetics
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Q. Passing of traits or characteristics from one generation to the next
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A. Heredity
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Q. Where all genes are located
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A. Chromosomes
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Q. How many pairs of chromosomes do rabbits have?
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A. 22 pairs
(44 chromosomes- 22 inherited from the buck and 22 from the doe) |
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Q. Basic units of heredity that control development, growth and function of organisms.
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A. Gene
(Defines a particular characteristic of the rabbit) |
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Q. What are the 3 types of genes?
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A. Dominant - Recessive - Co-Dominant
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Q. Genes that suppress other genes with the same characteristic an are symbolized by a capital letter (“A”)
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A. Dominant Gene
(the strong gene – this is the gene that will always show up in the first generation offspring) |
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Q. Genes that are hidden when a dominant gene is present and are symbolized by a lower case letter (“a”)
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A. Recessive Gene
(inherited in the offspring only when both recessive genes are present) |
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Q. When written, which gene is always written first?
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A. Dominant (Aa)
(just remember that capital comes before lowercase is a sentence) |
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Q. The genetic makeup of a rabbit
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A. Genotype
(bb is the genotype for brown eyes) |
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Q. The observed expression or a trait (the rabbits appearance)
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A. Phenotype
(the actual brown eyes) |
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Q. What are some breeding challenges?
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Poor receptivity to mating - Birth defects - Still birth - Cannibalism - Sterility - Milk Deficiency
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Q. What is the term for shedding of the coat?
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A. Molt (Moult)
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Q. What can cause a rabbit to molt?
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A. Change in season, change in temperature, stress, diet change, illness, parasites
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Q. Name a sign of illness in rabbits.
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A. lethargy, change in droppings, molt, dull eyes, labored breathing, distended belly, nasal or eye discharge, not eating or drinking.
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Q. Name a factor that can lower a rabbit’s resistance to disease.
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A. Overcrowding, drafts, too cold or
too hot, over feeding, poor nutrition, travel, lack of clean fresh water, fright from predators, showing, hereditary predisposition. |
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Q. Term for containing a rabbit in isolation.
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A. Quarantine
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Q. Circular fungal infection of the skin.
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A. Ringworm
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Q. A green colored bacterial infection of the skin.
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A. pseudomonas aeruginosa
(wet dewlap) |
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Q. Bacterial infection causing explosive diarrhea and death.
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A. Enterotoxemia
(Often cause by Clostridium bacteria.) |
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Q. Contagious disease characterized
by bloody nasal discharge, fever, and high fatality rate. Not endemic to the United States. |
A. VHD (Viral Hemmorrhagic Disease)
Also known as: RCD Rabbit Calcivirus |
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Q. Disease spread by insects causing swollen extremities, head, and genitals. Endemic to some western states.
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A. Myxomatosis
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Q. Disease most commonly seen in fryer age Rabbits characterized by distended sloshy belly, Grinding
teeth, jelly-like stools, and rabbit sitting in/near water dish. |
A. Mucoid Enteropathy
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Q. Swelling caused by infection beneath the skin.
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A. Abscess (boil)
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Q. Eye with milky film over the surface
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A. Wall eye (moon eye)
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Q. Causes of weepy eye.
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A. Bacterial infection, eyelid defect, malocclusion, eye injury
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Q. Profuse drooling caused by tooth infection or illness.
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A. Slobbers
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Q. What are the signs of fur mites?
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A. Dry, flaking skin.The skin may also be red, oozing, and may develop a secondary infection.
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Q. What is the treatment for mange (fur mites)?
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A. Kitten flea powder, Sevin Dust, or Ivermectin
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Q. Symptoms of this condition are flaking dry skin, and hair loss.
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A. Mange (fur mites)
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Q. Ailment characterized by sores on the bottoms of the feet.
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A. Sore hocks
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Q. Name a cause of sore hocks.
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A. Thin fur on foot pad, wet/dirty
cage, rough rusty floor wire, nervous rabbit, Long toenails, inherited tendency.nervous rabbit, Long toenails, inherited tendency. |
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Q. Term for scabbing and crusting in the ears caused by a parasite.
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A. Ear canker (ear mites)
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Q. What is the treatment for ear canker (ear mites)?
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A. Ear mite medication, Ivermectin, or mineral/vegetable oil.
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Q. This ailment that causes the
rabbit’s head to twist to the side can be caused by bacterial infections or parasitic infections of the ear. |
A. Wry neck (Head tilt)
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Q. A disease causing poor condition, pot belly, and pasty feces. It is spread in the droppings by a protozoan parasite.
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A. Coccidiosis
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Q. General term for improper alignment of the teeth
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A. Malocclusion
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Q. General term for signs of a cold in rabbits.
(sneezing, purulent nasal discharge) |
A. Snuffles
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Q. Runny discharge from the eye sometimes due to a Pasteurella or Staph bacterial infection.
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A. Weepy eye
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Q. How do you treat eye infections in rabbits.
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A. Antibiotic eye ointment.
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Q. Signs of vent disease in rabbits.
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A. White discharge from genitals, scabbing around genital area, inflammation, genital pimples, hair loss.
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Q. Infection of the doe’s mammary glands often aused by a staph or
strep bacterial infection. |
A. mastitis
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Q. Term for tail permanently set to one side.
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A. Wry tail (screw tail if twisted)
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Q. How many times a day should you water your rabbit?
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A. At least twice a day.
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Q. When is the best time to feed your rabbit?
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A. At the same time every day.
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Q. True or False
Iceburg lettuce is a healthy treat for rabbits. |
A. False. It has no nutritional value
and can cause diarrhea. |
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Q. True or False
Rabbits should be given salt spools to provide adequate minerals in their diet. |
A. False. Commercial rabbit pellets contain adequate sodium to meet the rabbit’s dietary needs.
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Q. What is the most common feeding problem?
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A. Over feeding.
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Q. What food provides the most balanced diet for a rabbit?
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A. Commercial rabbit pellets.
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Q. How does a rabbit acquire B vitamins in its diet?
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A. Coprophagy (eating cecal/night droppings)
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Q. This affects the quality of a rabbit's fur, its meat quality, and it's overall condition.
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A. Nutrition
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Q. This prevents diarrhea and prevents fur chewing
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A. Fiber
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Q. The act of eating fecal pellets and is necessary for the rabbit to complete the digestive process.
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A. Coprophagy
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Q. Soft, moist pellets secreted in clusters and produced by the rabbit's cecum
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A. Cecotropes
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Q. Provides the B complex vitamins required for rabbits.
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A. Cecotropes
( Part of Coprophagy ) |
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Q. What are the 6 nutrient categories for rabbits
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A. Categories:
Water, Protein, Carbohydrate. Fats Minerals, Vitamins |
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Q. The most important nutrient.
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A. Water
(Rabbits should have unlimited access to fresh water) |
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Q. The major component of a rabbits tissue and muscles
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A. Protein:
(rabbits cannot synthesize the amino acids in proteins so they must get it from their diet) |
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Q. This provides the energy in a rabbits diet.
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A. Carbohydrates and Fats
(energy is expressed in calories) |
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Q. The two most important carbohydrates in rabbit feed
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A. Starch and Cellulose
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Q. This enhances the palatiblity of the feed, reduces fines, and also acts as a lubricant in the eating process
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A. Fats
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Q. The correct % of fat needed for a rabbit to provide a shiny, lustrous hair coat.
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A. 2-5%
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Q. A great example of an additional source of fat as well as fiber.
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A. Black oil sunflower seeds
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Q. Macro-Minerals
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Salt, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Potassium
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Q. Micro-Minerals
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Cobalt, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Zinc
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Q. T or F
Salt should be added to the diet? |
A. False
(check to see if your feed has salt, if it does, that is enough, if it doesn't, switch feeds) |
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Q. Organic compounds essential
for growth, tissue maintenance, and metabolism. |
A. Vitamins
(they don't need much and are provided in commercial feed) |
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Q. How much should you feed a commercial rabbit?
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A. 4-6 oz/day
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Q. How much should you feed
a fancy breed rabbit? |
A. 2-4 oz/day
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Q. True or False
Good ventilation is important for disease control. |
A. True
There should be 10 full air exchanges per hour. |
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Q. How can you keep rabbits cool in the summer?
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A. Frozen water bottle in cage, keep hutches in shade, sprinkle hutch roof with water, mist, use fans.
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Q. How can hutch stains be removed?
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A. Lemon juice, dry shampoo, or a mixture of cornstarch and water.
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Q. Is heat or cold easier for a rabbit to tolerate?
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A. Cold
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Q. Name a way to control disease in the rabbitry.
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A. Keep hutches, food, & water
containers clean, do not lend out rabbits for breeding, quarantine new rabbits for 14 days, provide fresh food and water, avoid overcrowding, bury or burn dead rabbits, provide good ventilation, cull sick rabbits. |
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Q. How often should hutches be cleaned?
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A. At least once a week.
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Q. How should you disinfect cages and equipment?
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A. Wash with a mixture of water and bleach in a well ventilated area and let dry in the sun.
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Q. What is biosecurity and why is it important to me?
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A. In the context of livestock production, biosecurity refers to those measures taken to keep disease agents out of populations, herds, or groups of animals where they do not already exist. Biosecurity measures can be implemented on a national, state, or herd level.
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Q. This is determined by breed size.
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A. Classes
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Q. The two classification of rabbits for show.
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A. 4 and 6 class
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Q. Breeds that mature under 9lbs
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A. 4 class
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Q. Breeds that mature over 9 lbs
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A. 6 class
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Q. What do 4 class rabbits show in?
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Senior Buck - Senior Doe
Junior Buck - Junior Doe |
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Q. What do 6 class show in?
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Senior Buck - Senior Doe
Intermediate Buck – Intermediate Doe Junior Buck - Junior Doe |
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Q. Q. What is a Junior's age?
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A. Between 3 and 6 months.
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Q. What is an Intermediate's age?
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A. Between 6 and 8 months.
(only in class 6) |
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Q. Q. What is a Seniors age?
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A. All rabbits over 6 months.
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Q. 3 purposes of a rabbit
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A. Fur - Meat - Pen - Show
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Q. The ARBA's publication of the detailed description of each recognized breed and it's characteristics
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A. What is the Standard of Perfection
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Q. An undesirable quality in a rabbit
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A. Disqualification
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Q. What does it mean if a rabbit is registered?
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Examined by an ARBA licensed person:
1.the rabbit is purebred 2.the rabbit is free from defects and disqualifications 3.the rabbit is healthy and represents its breed well 4. the rabbit's pedigree for completeness and accuracy |
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Q. A pedigree is...
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Pedigree has:
A written record of a rabbit's ancestors Going back three generations Shows birthdate and breed |
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Q. The process of shedding or changing fur.
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A. Molting
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Q. Gestation
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A. How long the babies are in the mom's stomach
28-31 days 31 days is the average |
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Q. Four fur types.
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A. Wool - Satin - Rex - Normal = (rollback, flyback, standing)
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Q. What is VCPR?
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A. Veterinary – Client – Patient Relationship
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Q. The time period that must pass after a treatment of medicine before it can be slaughtered and eaten.
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A. Withdrawal Time (time needed to allow the residue in an animal to diminish to a safe level)
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Q. The skin and fur after it has been removed from the rabbit
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A. Pelt
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Q. Thee classifications (classes) for Rabbit meat.
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Answer:
Fryers Roasters Stewers |
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Q. Fryers
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A. 3-5 lbs
10 weeks or less |
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Q. Roasters
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A. 5-8 lbs
less than 6 months |
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Q. Stewers
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A. Over 8 lbs
6 months or older |
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Q. What is the weight for a meat pen?
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A. Must be between 3 and 5 lbs
(average weight of the pen = 12 lbs) |
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Q. What is the maximum age of a meat pen?
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A. 10 weeks
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Q. T or F
Rabbit meat is all white meat. |
A. True
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Q. Fat that is not harmful
but is undesirable from a sales perspective. |
A. Yellow Fat
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Q. What are the three
grades of fryer carcasses? |
Answer:
US Grade A US Grade B US Grade C |
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General Rabbit
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General Rabbit
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Rabbit Nutrition
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Rabbit Nutrition
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Quality Assurance
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Quality Assurance
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Breeding and Genetics
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Breeding and Genetics
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Rabbit Diseases
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Rabbit Diseases
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Skillathon Questions
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Skillathon Questions
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