Learn rabbit breeding management, including reproduction systems, breeding stock selection, estrous cycle, estrus signs, and mating management.

Learn about major rabbit breeds, including heavy, medium, lightweight, and crossbred rabbits, with their characteristics, body weight, fur, and uses.

Learn about rabbit anatomy, dentition, digestive features, common laboratory breeds, and identification methods such as ear tattoos, tags, and leg bands.

Learn about rabbit farming, including rabbit vs. hare differences, advantages, meat production efficiency, nutritive value of rabbit meat, and major constraints.

Learn about prophylactic measures and factors influencing disease susceptibility in laboratory animals, including environmental, genetic, metabolic, and dietary factors.

Learn about breeding systems of laboratory animals, including mating methods, breeding stock selection, and reproduction in mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits.

Learn about the selection of breeding stock for laboratory animals, including selection criteria, breeding systems, monogamy, polygamy, harem, and hand mating.

Learn about the feed and ration schedule for laboratory animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, and hamsters, with nutritional requirements.

Learn practical feeding of laboratory animals, including diet formulation, purified and germ-free diets, hand rearing, paired feeding, and coprophagy.

Learn about feeding laboratory animals, including diet formulation, pellets, nutritional considerations, and methods of diet sterilization.

Learn about the laboratory hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), including its biology, reproduction, breeding, nutrition, handling, housing, and management.

Learn about the laboratory guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), including its biology, anatomy, breeding, reproduction, nutrition, handling, housing, and care.