Full Description
This holistic guide 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
Besides an increasing keeping of pet rabbits, the animals are gaining interest for sustainable food production, leading to a rise in farming in various parts of the world. In this context, the present guide provides valuable contributions for consulting veterinarians and students, industry professionals, breeders and technicians, as well as for experts from the small and companion animal sector.The relevance of rabbit farming from the viewpoints of greenhouse gas reduction and sustainable use of ecological resources (use of local feed) also creates useful links for readers interested in the sustainable development goals SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).
Contents
Part 1: Rabbit breed and anatomy essentials.- Introductory Chapter: The Domestic Rabbit and Farm Management.- Anatomical Features of Rabbits.- Physiological Features of Rabbits.- Part 2: 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 Noninvasive and Nondestructive Image Techniques.- Rabbit Skins and Furs, Production, Properties and Potentiality as Raw Material for Tanning and Other Industries.- Part 3: Rabbit herd and health management and diseases.- Preventive Medicine and Rabbit Health Management.- Administration Antimicrobials and Resistancein 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 (I): Myxomatosis and Rabbit Haemorrhagic 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.- Mycotoxins effects and risk management on rabbit production.- Insights into Clinical Pathology of Rabbits.- Necropsy and Sample Collection in Rabbits.
