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What are the main differences between rabbits and hares? |
Rabbits burrow and hares don't.
Hares have precocial young and rabbits have alotricial young. |
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ID these rabbit structures. What is the sex of this rabbit and how do you know?
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A - Philtrum
B - Mental gland C - Dewlap (denotes female) |
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How many footpads on the front and rear feet of the rabbit?
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None!
Rabbits have furry feet and no foot pads! |
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What problem plagues Rex rabbits and why?
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Sore hocks
No outer hair coat |
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How many front digits in the rabbit? Rear digits?
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5 front; 4 rear
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What is the rabbit dental formula?
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I 2/1, C 0/0, P 3/2, M 3/3
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What are the arrows indicating in this gruesome image?
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Deep glands of the third eyelid (Harderian glands)
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ID these vessels. How can you make these vessels more prominent and why?
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A - Central a. of the ear
B - Lateral ear v. Warming the rabbit will make veins more prominent (use ears for thermoregulation) |
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T or F:
All rabbit teeth are hypsodont. |
True!
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Why must care be taken when handling rabbits (2 reasons)?
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1) strong legs and arched back = can break their own back
2) use chest wall respiration; can easily suffocate them |
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Rabbits recouperate much of their nutrition through coprophagy. What is this strategy called?
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Cecotrophic or Pseudoruminant
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What are two main differences between lagomorphs and rodents?
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Lagomorphs have peg teeth and maxillary/frontal fenestrations
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ID these rabbit digestive structures
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A - Stomach
B - Small Intestine (Jejunum) C - Cecum D - Ileum E - Colon |
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ID these rabbit guts:
What do A and B have in common? |
A - Lymphoid appendix
B - Saculus Rotundus C - Duodenum D - Ileocecal Junction A and B are both GALT |
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T or F:
The rabbit stomach should always be full. |
True!
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ID these regions of the rabbit external genitalia.
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A - Vulva
B - Inguinal scent glands C - Anus |
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ID these regions of the rabbit reproductive tract.
What kind of uterus is depicted? |
A - Ovary
B - Broad ligament (fat filled) C - Uterus (Duplex) |
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T or F:
A rabbits single cervix opens into a duplex uterus. |
False! It has two cervices as well!
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ID this!
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A - Urinary bladder
B - Ductus deferens C - Cranial fat pad D - Testis E - Tail of epididymis |
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Which accessory sex glands does the male rabbit have?
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Vesicular
Ampullary Prostate Bulbourethral |
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ID these rabbit glands:
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A - Vesicular gland
B - Prostate gland C - Bulbourethral gland D - Preputial glands |
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What is the gestation period in the rabbit? The guinea pig? The chinchilla?
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Rabbit - 30d
Guinea pig - 63d Chinchilla - 110d |
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What is the order, suborder, genus, and species of the guinea pig?
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Order - Rodentia (looks like dinner for someone)
Suborder - Hystrichomorphes Genus - Cavia Species - Porcellus |
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How many mammary glands does the gunea pig have? How many on the chinchilla?
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1 pair of inguinal mammary glands
2 pairs of inguinal in the chinchilla |
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How many front and rear toes on the guinea pig?
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4 front and 3 rear
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What is the guinea pig's dental formula?
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I 1/1, C 0/0, P 1/1, M 3/3
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What are the guinea pig scent glands?
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Perineal and caudal glands
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What are the rabbit's scent glands?
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Inguinal, chin, and anal glands
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ID these regions of the guinea pig oral cavity.
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A - Palatial ostium
B - Torus linguae |
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How are the crowns a guinea pig's maxillary cheek teeth oriented? Mandibular cheek teeth?
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Maxillary - laterally
Mandibular - medially |
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T or F:
The thymus is in the guinea pig neck meat. |
True!
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What is this?
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Guinea pig thymus
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Which is the male? The female? ID A and B
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Male is on the right, female on left.
A - Urethral opening B - Perineal sinus |
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ID
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A - Urethral opening (somewhere around here)
B - Scrotum C - Perineal sac |
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ID
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A - Penis
B - Scrotum C - Perineal sac |
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When should guinea pigs be bred by and why?
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7-10 months
Pelvic symphysis fuses at this point UNLESS animal has given birth. |
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T or F:
Guinea pigs can produce their own vitamin C |
False! They need vit. C supplementation and can develop scurvy within 4 days of reduced intake.
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ID
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A - Bulbourethral/Prostate Gland
B - Urinary bladder C - Ductus deferens D - Vesicular gland E - Testis F - Cranial fat pad |
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Where are sites for venipuncture in the guinea pig?
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Tarsal stick
Ear veins?? Possibly lateral saphenous vein |
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T or F:
Guinea pigs thermoregulate via their external ears. |
False! They behaviorally thermoregulate.
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