Rabbit behaviour, health, and care /

• Main Authors: Buseth, Marit Emilie, (Author), Saunders, Richard A., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Rabbits.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Behaviour.; Animal Anatomy and Morphology, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (General); Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Animal Welfare.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Animal Surgery and Non-drug Therapy, (New March 2000); Animal anatomy.; Animal behaviour.; Behaviour.; Breeding methods.; Breeding programmes.; Domestication.; Finishing.; Hygiene.; Infectious diseases.; Learning.; Morphology.; Origin.; Pets.; Rabbit diseases.; Rabbit feeding.; Rabbit housing.; Reproduction.; Reproductive behaviour.; Social behaviour.; Tail.
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This 225-paged book is devoted to behaviour, health and care of rabbits. It has twelve chapters which discuss the origins and development of rabbits, the rabbit as a companion animal, behaviour, learning and communication, social rabbits, from snout to tail, rabbit nutrition, neutering, cleanliness...

Table of Contents:

• The origins and development of rabbits
• The rabbit as a companion animal
• Behaviour, learning and communication
• Social rabbits
• From snout to tail
• Rabbit nutrition
• Neutering
• Cleanliness and hygiene
• Rabbit housing and conditions
• House rabbits and rabbit-proofing of the home
• Life outdoors
• Reproduction and breeding control.