Ch. 9 Rabbits (Sm Animal Health and Disease)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 True or False. Rabbits are called Lagomorpha not a Rodentia | true |
| how many upper incisor teeth do rabbits have? | four |
| What is the species of rabbit from which all domestic rabbits developed? | The European Wild Rabbit |
| True or False. Hares are bigger than rabbits with longer, black tipped ears and do not build nests or dig tunnels and their young are born fully furred with open eyes. They live above ground | true |
| What is a young hare called? | Leveret |
| how many cervixes does a female rabbit have? | two |
| What is the Dewlap? | A large flap of skin over throat of female rabbit |
| What do rabbits mark their kits (baby rabbits) with? | their chin |
| True or false. Rabbits have a tapetum lucidum in back of retina | false |
| Rabbits do not have foot pads. What do they have instead? | fur pads |
| how many total teeth do rabbits have? | 28 teeth |
| rabbits have 'open rooted' teeth, what does that mean? | continuously growing (need to be worn down) |
| Adult rabbits have a large thymus true or false? | true |
| How many lobes does the left lung have? The right? | left has 2 lobes and right has 4 lobes |
| how many lobes does the liver have? | 4 lobes |
| can rabbits vomit? | no |
| Is the right atrioventricular valve of the heart bicuspid or tricuspid? | bicuspid |
| Normal temperature of a rabbit? | 101.3-104 F |
| Normal heart rate? | 180-250 beats per min |
| normal respiratory rate? | 30-60 breaths per min |
| normal life expectancy? | 5-6 years (WITH PROPER CARE UP TO 12 YEARS!!!!!) |
| what is the largest and most prominent organ in the abdomen? How many times does it coil? | cecum/3 times |
| Usual urine pH of rabbits? | alkaline 8-9 |
| How are kits born and when is it they first open their eyes? | blind/ 10-14 days |
| true or false: Rabbits don't need colostrum | true (ANTIBODIES come from PLACENTAL TRANSFER!!!) |
| How many nipples does the female have? | 10 |
| how many times do they nurse and for how long? | once a day for 3-5 min |
| how old are kits when they come out of the nest? | 3 weeks old |
| When are kits weaned? | at 4-8 weeks old |
| sexual maturity in rabbits? | 4-5 months (LARGE BREEDS = 5-8 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!) |
| what is 'weepy eye' caused by? | pasteurella multocida |
| what is infectious myxomatosis? | a fatal virus first appearing as a milky discharge from inflammed eye |
| what is 'wry neck' and what is its other name? | cause by inner ear infection (HEAD TILT)/ torticollis |
| ear mites-other name? | psoroptes cunniculi |
| what is 'snuffles' caused by? | Pasteurella multocida |
| what is the rabbit kennel cough called? | bordetella bronchiseptica (increases with age and is usually caused by pasteurella multocida infections) |
| What is maloccusion? | when the teeth grow so big the animal cannot eat! |
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