By João Simões and José M. Monteiro
Veterinary Care of Farm Rabbits, A Complete Practice Guide to Rabbit Medicine and Production PDF brings rabbit production science and medicine together. It considers the full spectrum of commercial rabbit husbandry, including intensive, semi-intensive, and organic systems for meat, fur and leather. Drawn from an international authorship, the book addresses practical and fundamental topics. In comprehensive sections, readers will find easy-to-read chapters on:
- Rabbit breeds, anatomy essentials and lagomorph physiology
- Rabbit production with details on animal facilities and farm design, international trading, rabbit meat processing and biosafety, including a vivid appendix on meat inspection
- Rabbit herd and health management, considering latest findings in welfare and behavior, preventive medicine, antimicrobial resistance and demedication to necropsy and specimen collection
- Significant rabbit diseases, covering encephalitozoonosis cuniculi, rabbit enteropathies, and many more
- Complete veterinary treatment, supplemented by reference ranges and interpretation of hematological and biochemical values
Table of Contents
Part I: Rabbit Breed and Anatomy Essentials
- Introductory Chapter: The Domestic Rabbit and Farm Management
- Anatomical Features of Rabbits
- Physiological Features of Rabbits
Part II: Rabbit Production
- Worldwide Rabbit Meat Trade
- Rabbit Farming: Industrial, Small-Scale, and Organic Housing Systems
- Rabbit Farming: Indoor Microclimate
- Rabbit Farming: Cages and Related Equipment
- Welfare, Behavior, and Housing of Rabbits
- Welfare Protocols for Rabbits
- Rabbit Nutrition and Feeding
- Reproduction in the Female Rabbit
- The Rabbit Male Reproduction
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Rabbit Meat Processing and Safety
- Assessing Rabbit Body and Carcass Traits with Non-invasive and Non-destructive Image Techniques
- Rabbit Skins and Furs: Production, Properties, and Potentiality as Raw Materials for Tanning and Other Industries
Part III: Rabbit Herd and Health Management and Diseases
- Preventive Medicine and Rabbit Health Management
- Administration of Antimicrobials and Resistance in Food-Producing Rabbits: Dietary Supplements as Potential Alternatives
- Respiratory Complex in Rabbits (Pasteurellosis)
- Rabbit Enteric Syndrome
- Epizootic Rabbit Enteropathy (ERE)
- Escherichia coli in the Rabbit: Commensal or Pathogenic
- Clostridium spp. in Rabbits: The Underappreciated Killer
- Staphylococcosis in Rabbits and Rabbitries
- Rabbit Viral Diseases: Myxomatosis and Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
- Rabbit Viral Diseases (II): Other Viruses
- Dermatophytosis in Rabbits
- Encephalitozoon cuniculi: An Emergent Pathogen
- Rabbit Coccidiosis
- Major Endoparasitoses in Rabbits: Oxyuriosis and Metacestodosis
- Ectoparasitoses in Rabbits
- Mycotoxin Effects and Risk Management in Rabbit Production
- Insights into Clinical Pathology of Rabbits
- Necropsy and Sample Collection in Rabbits
Appendix
- Meat Rabbits’ Inspection: Abnormal Findings at Slaughterhouse
Index