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Intermediate Questions

Q. Which is usually heavier, a mature buck or doe of the same breed?
A. Doe

Q. How many vertabrae does a rabbit have?
A. 46

Q. How many rib does a rabbit have?
A. 24- 12 on each side

Q. How much does a rabbit’s teeth grow per month?
A. 1/4-1 inch

Q. What is the respiration rate of a rabbit?
A. 50-60 per minute

Q. What is a rabbit’s heart rate?
A. 140-150 per minute

Q. How many eyelids does a rabbit have?
A. Three- upper, lower, and inner

Q. What is the purpose of the inner eyelid?
A. To protect the rabbit’s eyes in fights or dust storms

Q. Name the 5 body types?
A. Compact, Commercial, Cylindrical, Full Arch, and Semi Arch

Q. Name the marked breeds?
A. Checkered Giant, Dutch, Dwarf Hotot, English Spot, Harlequin, Hotot, Rhinelander,
Silver Marten, and Tan

Q. Name the pointed breeds?
A. Himalayan and Californian

Q. List the differences between rabbits and hares?
A. Gestation: Rabbits- 30-32 days, Hares- 38-42 days; Rabbits are born naked and blind,
whereas a hare is born with their eyes open and fur; Rabbits are short distance runner,
whereas hares are long distance runners; Rabbits have short legs and ears, whereas hares
have longer legs and ears

Q. What is a Lagomorph?
A. A rabbit

Q. What is the difference between Lagomorph and Rodents?
A. Rodents have only 4 front incisors (front teeth), whereas Lagomorphs have 6

Q. What is faking?
A. To alter the appearance of the rabbit. Example: a black rabbit with a few stray white
hairs, it will be called faking if you were to pluck those hairs. If caught faking, your
whole entry of all your rabbits will be disqualified from competion.

Q. What is a sport?
A. A rabbit that is not true to it’s breed. Example: Rhinelanders throw rabbits that look
like Harlequins, this is called a sport, because it’s not being true to it’s breed. Other
sports are the BEW (Blue Eyed White) varieties, Dwarf Hotot, and Hotot which all throw
Dutch marked sports in their litters.

Q. What is a nick?
A. A rabbit that is superior to both it’s parents

Q. What is butting teeth?
A. Simple malocclusion

Q. What are the two most important things needed for disease control?
A. Sanitation and ventilation

Q. What is coprophagy?
A. Eating of the night feces

Q. True or False: Rabbits practice coprophagy only at night?
A. False

Q. True or False: Rabbits can get coccidiosis from eating the night feces?
A. False

Q. What vitamin does a rabbit get from eating the night feces?
A. B

Q. What is an infected mamary system called?
A. Mastitis

Q. Name four symptoms of snuffles?
A. Caughing, sneezing, white nasal discharge, matted paws

Q. Do rabbits carry a fungus that can be given to humans of other animals?
A. Yes- ringworm

Q. Give another term for Veneral Disease?
A. Vent Disease

Q. What disease is known as the “Silent Killer”?
A. Pneumonia

Q. What causes wry neck?
A. Middle ear infection

Q. What causes Slobbers?
A. An abcessed tooth

Q. What is the best way to prevent enteritis?
A. Feed them a high fiber diet

Q. What kind of fly grub borrows under the rabbit’s skin?
A. Botfly

Q. What is a rupture?
A. Hernia

Q. What is a castrated male rabbit called?
A. Lapan

Q. Name some geneticly caused defects?
A. Malocclusion, yellow fat, glaucoma, wuzzy, spradles

Q. What is pigeon breasted?
A. A narrow chest, with a protruding “V” shaped breast bone- a General all breeds
Disqualification

Q. What is a mutation?
A. A sudden change of a physical characteristic

Q. Can you name some mutations?
A. Most commonly known ones are the Rex and Satin fur

Q. True or False: Rabbits produce white and dark meat just like a chicken.
A. False- rabbits produce all white meat

Q. Mating of closely related rabbits is called what?
A. Inbreeding

Q. Name three type of breeding?
A. Inbreeding, linebreeding, and outcrossing

Q. When after breeding can you palpate a doe?
A. 14 days

Q. Where is the pastern found?
A. The joint above the forefoot

Q. What is the French word for rabbit?
A. Lapin

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