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VT 2100 Rabbits
Housing, Disease, Care, Anatomy, Lad use
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Order | Lagamorphs |
| Define Lagamorphs | 2 pairs upper incisors Non-Rodent!!! |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | domestic rabbit |
| Lepus | Hares |
| Sylvilagus | cottontail rabbit |
| Common breeds used for biomed research | Dutch belt California NEW ZELAND WHITE |
| #1 common breed used for biomed research | New zeland white |
| Why good for Atherosclerosis studies? | High fat/cholesterol diet causes similar lesions |
| Why good for antibody studies? | accessible ear viens |
| Why are Rabbits light weigh for their size? | High muscle-bone ratio lg fat reserves |
| Male weight | 2-5kg |
| Female weight | 2-6kg |
| Domestic rabbits have ____ ears & ____ legs | Shorter Ears Shorter/Less powerful Legs |
| Why good for antibody studies? | accessible ear viens |
| Why are Rabbits light weigh for their size? | High muscle-bone ratio lg fat reserves |
| Male weight | 2-5kg |
| Female weight | 2-6kg |
| Domestic rabbits have ____ ears & ____ legs | Shorter Ears Shorter/Less powerful Legs |
| Wild rabbits are _____ in size | smaller |
| Normal Temp | 101.3-104 F |
| Pulse | 180-250 Higher side |
| Respiratory Rate | 30-60 |
| 2nd pair of incisors A.K.A | "Peg" or "Wolf" Teeth |
| Females prominent skin folds A.K.A | dewlap |
| Wet Dewlap = | dermatitis |
| Which lung is larger? | Right 3 lobes (Left 2 lobes) |
| Special Rabbit Neutrophils | Heterophils |
| Type of stomach | non-compartmentalized |
| Sacculus Rotundus What is it? Where is it? | Muscular sac Terminal portion of ileum |
| Colon divided by | Fusus Coli |
| Colon divided into what two sections? | proximal/distal |
| function of Fusus coli | produces cecotrophs |
| Define Cecotrophs | Soft/Night Feces |
| Cecotrophs composed of | H2o, Vitamins, Electrolytes, Nitrogen |
| Urine PH | 8.0 Alkaline |
| Color of urine | Dark brown-Yellow |
| __________uria and _________uria is common | Albumin |
| Common Crystals found in Rabbit Urine | Magenium Phosphate Calcium carbonate |
| Type of Uturs | Duplex No uterine body |
| Special thing about their balls | scrotum anterior to penis |
| Males called | BUcks |
| Females called | Does |
| Does gender identification | slit opening |
| Bucks gender identification | round urethral opening |
| Puberty is ____ for smaller breeds | Quicker |
| Mature in | 22-52months |
| Type of estrous cycle | Seasonal Induced ovulators |
| Ovulation occurs __hrs post copulation | 10 |
| When breeding the ____'s visits the ____'s cage | Doe visits the bucks cage |
| Gestation | 29-35days |
| Nesting behavior begins | hrs-days before kindling |
| Kindling occurs when | morning |
| litter size | 4-12 kits |
| Kits consume __% of body weight | 20% |
| weaning | 5-8days |
| Pseudopregnacy stimulated by | mounting by other females or nearby mate |
| pseudopregnacy lasts | 15-17 days |
| Doe's behavior during pseudopregnacy | mammary development/nesting |
| Most active during | evening and mornings nocturnal |
| TNZ | 62-70 F |
| Heat stress possible at __ F | >85 F |
| # of air exchanges per hour | 10-15 |
| Food consumption | 50g/kg/day |
| Water consumption | 50-150ml/kg/day |
| ___% fiber in diet | 10 |
| __% Protein in diet | 15 |
| High fiber prevents | trichobezoars and obesity |
| Proteolytics use | prevent obesity and trichobezoars |
| Proeolytics example | papaya an pinapple jucie |
| Too much ____ causes diarrhea | Veggies |
| Diet consists of little ____ and mostly _____ & ______ | little pellets mainly grass hay & veggies |
| Back fractures usually occur at | L7 |
| Remove rabbit from cage by | scruff |
| non invasive procedure restraint | V trough Light petting dimming light |
| invasive restraint procedure | Restraint box |
| Firm manual restraint | bunny burrito cat bag |
| Which ear is reserved for registration marks | right |
| Anesthetic agents administered by | Intranasal IV Nasogastric |
| SQ max amount | 100ml |
| ID max volume | 0.1ml |
| ID injection site | lateral to spine on back |
| IM injection site | epaxial (lumbar) Quadriceps (thigh) |
| IM injection Max | 1.5 ml |
| IV preferred site | marginal ear vien |
| pills can be pushed threw the | diastema |
| ____ is needed for a feeding tube or oral gavage | speculum |
| Atropine effective in ___% | 50% |
| Why isn't atrophine effective | atropine esterase hydrolyzes atropine |
| Do you fast rabbits before anesthesia | yes for accurate body weight |
| Fasting could lead to.... | hypoglycemia and acid base imbalance |
| Veins for blood collection | marginal or central aurticular ear jugular cephalic saphenous |
| Ear vein needle gauge | 25-27 |
| Special thing about ear vein puncture | vacuum can collapse vessel collect sm. amounts from hub |
| caustive agent pasterurellosis | pasterurella multocida |
| pasteurellosis A.K.A | Snuffles |
| Pasterurellosis transmitted by | aerosol and direct contact |
| Sneezing discharge from nares/feet/chest torticollis otitis Abcesses around neck | Pasterurellosis |
| Torticollis | head tilt |
| Antiboitic for Pasterurellosis | Penicillin |
| Primary concer in young rabbits | enterotoxemia and mucoid enterophathy |
| causative agent for Enterotoxemia and mucoid enteropathy | E coli -or- clostridium |
| constipation watery diarrhea imapction of colon crouched body | eterotoxemia and mucoid enteropathy |
| causetive agent for listeriosis | listeria monocytogenes |
| anorexia depression weight loss | listeriosis |
| tyzzer's disease treated with | tetracycline in water 4-5days |
| Treponematosis AKA | vent disease spirochetosis |
| Treponematosis incubation time | 3-6 wks |
| genital lesions | treponematosis |
| treatment for treponematosis | penicillin |
| caustive agent for Tularemia | Francisella Tularensis |
| Tularemia AKA | Rabbit bite fever |
| Tularemia transmitted by | direct contact vector bites inhalation |
| viral infection with high mortality rates | myxomatosis |
| Reservoir for myxomatosis | california bush rabbit |
| conjunctivitis pyrexia anorexia lethargy | myxomatosis |
| wartlike lumps on neck, sholders, ears | papilloma virus |
| caustive agent of coccidiosis | Eimeria |
| Two forms of coccidosis | hepatic intestinal |
| common in NZW | buphthalmia |
| Rupture of eye possible | Buphthalmia |