Handbook of Rabbit Production

Editor: Tanmoy Rana

Handbook of Rabbit Production

ISBN: 979-8-89881-874-6
eISBN: 979-8-89881-873-9 (Online)

Introduction

Handbook of Rabbit Production offers a comprehensive, science-based guide to modern rabbit farming, integrating breed selection, reproductive management, nutrition, housing and welfare with practical strategies for disease prevention, biosecurity and farm economics. Combining fundamental biology with applied management, it equips readers to improve productivity, product quality and farm sustainability across meat, fur, and laboratory production systems.


Key Features

  • - Covers the complete rabbit production cycle, from breed selection to farm-level management.
  • - Addresses breeding, kindling, litter care, growth and nutrition.
  • - Discusses housing, environmental management and welfare-focused practices.
  • - Explores disease prevention, biosecurity and veterinary care.
  • - Includes farm economics, record keeping, marketing and value addition.
  • - Emphasizes sustainable and economically viable production practices.

Target Readership :

Students, veterinarians, animal scientists, researchers, farmers, extension workers and entrepreneurs involved in rabbit production and animal husbandry.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Tanmoy Rana
Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex
West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
Kolkata, West Bengal, India




Contributor(s):
Abhishek Kalundia
Cornerstone Pet Clinic
Hyderabad, Telangana
India


Ajay Kumar
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India


Amitava Roy
Department of Livestock Farm Complex
West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
Kolkata, West Bengal
India


Ankit Jena
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Odisha
India


Annada Das
Department of Livestock Products Technology
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


Arindam Bhowmik
Department of Veterinary Medicine
College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry
Aizawl, Mizoram
India


C. Ramakrishnan
Department of Livestock Products Technology
Veterinary College and Research Institute
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Theni, Tamil Nadu
India


Chandan Kumar
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India


Debolina Dattaray
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


G. Thirumalaisamy
Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Theni, Tamil Nadu
India


Jasvinder Singh Sasan
Division of Veterinary Anatomy
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
India


Jessy Bagh
Department of Livestock Production and Management
College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


K. Sudha Rani
Department of Animal Nutrition
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
India


Kamal Sarma
Division of Veterinary Anatomy
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
India


Kaushik Satyaprakash
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
India


M. Muralidhar
Department of AGB
College of Veterinary Science
Garividi, Andhra Pradesh
India


M. Sivakumar
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Theni, Tamil Nadu
India


M. Ravi Kumar
Department of Animal Nutrition
College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
India


Mamta
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India


Manoj Kumar Kalita
Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, Assam Veterinary and Fishery University
Joyhing, North Lakhimpur, Assam
India


Masuood Ahmad John
Division of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
India


Mohamed Hasif G.
Department of Veterinary Physiology
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
India


Monalisha Debbarma
Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
India


Mrinmoyee Sarma
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


P. Gokulakrishnan
Department of Livestock Products Technology
Veterinary College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Theni, Tamil Nadu
India


Prajna Mohapatra
Department of Animal Nutrition
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


Prasanthi Kamidi
Department of Livestock Production Management
School of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management
Parlakhemundi, Odisha
India


Prerona Patowary
Goat Research Station
Burnihat, Assam
India


R. Poonghuzhali
Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research
Puducherry
India


Rajneesh Sirohi
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India


Rashmi
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India


Samiran Bandyopadhyay
ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Eastern Regional Station
Kolkata, West Bengal
India


Shalini Suri
Division of Veterinary Anatomy
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
India


Shubhamitra Chaudhuri
Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex
West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
Kolkata, West Bengal
India


Siddalingswamy Hiremath
Department of AGB
Veterinary College, (KVAFSU)
Gadag, Karnataka
India


Suman Biswas
Department of Avian Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
Kolkata, West Bengal
India


Surita Majumder
Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


Tanmoy Rana
Department of Veterinary Clinical Complex
West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences
Kolkata, West Bengal
India


V. Tejaswani
Department of AGB
College of Veterinary Science
Garividi, Andhra Pradesh
India


Vanlalhmangaihsanga
Department of Livestock Production Management
Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
India


Yajuvendra Singh
College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU)
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
India