Rabbits Flashcards
What minerals are in rabbit urine?
Calcium carbonate
ammonium magnesium phosphate
What type of rabbit is lacking in LDL receptors?
Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic
Autosomal dominant mutations
Prolong QT interval
Absence of peg teeth
Complement 3 deficiency
Semidominant (incomplete penetrance)
Atropine esterase
Recessive mutation
Hydrocephalus
Recessive with incomplete penetrance
Buphthalmia
Mandibular prognathism
Chromosome number of rabbits, hamsters, mice, rats
Rabbits and hamsters: 44
Mice: 40
Rats: 42
What toxin is produced by Clostridium spiroforme?
Iota
What age is associated with C. diff susceptibility in rabbits?
Increased incidence with stress (weaning, diet change, lactation, kindling, illness)
Newborns RESISTANT d/t lack of receptors for toxins
Which strains of E. coli produce disease in rabbits?
STEC, EPEC
Tx for syphilis in rabbits (Treponema)?
PPG injection
Which rabbit breed is a model for ACL tear?
Flemish giant
Which poxvirus spreads by aerosol as opposed to arthropod?
Rabbit pox; a model of smallpox
What causes “iota enterotoxemia” in rabbit weanlings?
Clostridium spiroforme
According to the Animal Welfare Act and its regulations, the minimum interior height of
rabbit primary enclosures is __ inches; this differs from the 8th Edition of the Guide for the
Care and Use of Laboratory Animals which stipulates a minimum of __ inches.
14”
16”
Which species is susceptible to reproductive dysfunction and congenital hydrocephalus if
fed diets too high or too low in Vitamin A?
Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is a transplantable tumor originating from a squamous cell
carcinoma that is used as a model for the study of metastatic tumors in rabbits?
VX-2
Unlike most species, rabbit serum calcium levels are directly proportional to____.
Dietary intake
Most mammals express five classes immunoglobulins and two isoenzymes of alkaline phosphatase (AP). Oryctolagus cuniculus are unique in that they:
Have only 4 immunoglobulins (missing IgD) and have 3 isoenzymes of AP
Regarding buphthalmia in the New Zealand White rabbit, how common is the condition and what clinical signs/manifestations can be observed?
Common; affected males should not be used for breeding because of marked reduction in semen concentration and decreased libido
For euthanasia of rabbits by CO2 what is recommended displacement rate?
50-60% per min
The right atrioventricular valve (tricuspid valve) is bicuspid in which species?
Rabbit
