Welcome to the OMAFRA Rabbits website. Here you will find a wealth of information relevant to Ontario's Rabbit industry. The resources listed below include OMAFRA Factsheets and Information Sheets, as well as key links to information on internal and external sites.

Animal Welfare, Care & Behaviour

• Britain's Rabbit Welfare Regulations - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Care of Rabbits - British Columbia SPCA
• Codes of Recommendation for the Welfare of Livestock: Rabbits - Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
• Welfare of Animals Kept for Fur Production - Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare
  

Breeding, Genetics & Reproduction

• ABC (and D and E) of Colour Genetics
• Birth Weight Improves Rabbit Doe Performance - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Breed Photo Gallery - LaReau Lops & Cavies
• Impact of Body Weight of Rabbit Does at First Mating - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Production Management

• Agricultural Alternatives: Rabbit Production - Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Domestic Rabbits and Their Care - Mississippi State University Extension Service
• How Many Nutrient Units Do I Have? Rabbit Operations - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Meat Rabbit Farming - CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australia
• Plan 8248 - 240 Doe Rabbitry - Canada Plan Service
• Rabbit - North Dakota State University Extension Service
• Rabbits - Missouri University Extension
• Rabbit Facilities for the Northern Plains - North Dakota State University Extension Service
• Rabbits - New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia
• Rabbit Production Information - Mississippi State University Extension Service
• Raising Rabbits - Kansas State Cooperative Extension Service
• Raising Rabbits: Helpful Suggestions for the Beginner - Washington State Cooperative Extension
• Raising Rabbits in the Pacific Northwest - Pan-Am Rabbit Science
• The Rabbit: Husbandry, Health, and Production - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Health

• Death Losses in the Rabbitry - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Diseases of Laboratory Rabbits - Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Measuring Air Quality in Rabbitry - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Pasteurella and Rabbits - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Pathology of the Rabbit - Department of Veterinary Pathology; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington D.C.
• Temperature Preference of Rabbits - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
  

Nutrition and Feeding

• How to Feed the Rabbit Gastrointestinal Tract - N.A. Irlbeck, Journal of Animal Science
• Nutrient Requirements of Rabbits - National Research Council, Second Revised Edition 1977
• The Effects of Vomitoxin (DON) on Rabbit Rations

Marketing

• Federally Registered Establishments - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Angora Rabbits: A Potential New Industry for Australia
• Provincially Licensed Abattoirs - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Ontario Independent Meat Processors

Producers Groups

• American Rabbit Breeders Association
• British Rabbit Council
• House Rabbit Society
• Ontario Commercial Rabbit Growers Association
• The Rabbit & Cavy Directory
• The Voice of the Rabbit Meat Industry - Professional Rabbit Meat Association
• U.S. Angora Rabbit Breeders Club
• World Rabbit Science Association

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Resources & Publications

• Pan-American Rabbit Science
• Proceedings of the 8th World Rabbit Congress
• "Rabbit Production" Textbook - Eighth Edition - J. McNitt, N. Patton, S. Lukefahr & P. Cheeke
• Raising Meat Rabbits in Alberta - Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development
  

Statistics

• Alternative Livestock on Canadian farms - Statistics Canada
• Other Livestock on Canadian Farms - Statistics Canada
• Game Sector Statistical Briefer - Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
• Number of Alternative Livestock and Rabbits Processed for Meat in Ontario Federal/Provincial Combined Statistics - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
• Annual Livestock & Meat Report – Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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