Veterinary Care of Farm Rabbits, A Complete Practice Guide to Rabbit Medicine and Production

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Veterinary Care Of Farm Rabbits, A Complete Practice Guide To Rabbit Medicine And Production Pdf

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

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