RABBIT QUIZ BOWL STUDY QUESTIONS

1. What is the most each rabbit in a pen of fryers can weigh?
2. 5 pounds

 

1. Which ear of the rabbit would have an American Rabbit Breeders Association registration tattoo in it?
2. The right ear

1. What is the standard of perfection based on?
2. A point system

 

1. What forms the basis of the American Rabbit Breeders Association’s judging system?
2. The ARBA Standard of Perfection

1. How many generations do a pedigree usually record?
2. Three

 

1. What is a junior rabbit?
2. A rabbit that is less than 6 months old and under the junior weight limit for the breed

1. What is a female rabbit called?
2. Doe

 

1. What is a male rabbit called?
2. Buck
4. What are baby rabbits called?
5. Kits
7. What is the written record of a rabbit’s family called?
8. Pedigree
10. Where is the loin of a rabbit?
11. Between the ribs and hip.
13. What is a rabbit’s pelt?
14. The hide of the animal after it is removed from the animal.

1. Does the usable portion of a pelt include the head, feet, tail, and legs?
2. No
4. Another way to say a rabbit is “hare-like” is to say it is ______?
5. Racy

 

1. Name four fur types that rabbits are grouped into.

Normal, satin, rex, angora, more?

1. What type of fur do most rabbit breeds have?
2. Normal
4. Which fur contains a long, wool-type fiber that is harvested and used in the manufacture of clothing?
5. Angora
7. What is the brightness and brilliance of the fur called?
8. Luster
10. What is broken coat?
11. Molting or has broken hairs.

 

1. What is brindle or brindling?
2. The intermixture of colored hairs

1. What term is used to describe the feature of fur that, when stroked from the rear towards the head, quickly returns to its normal position?
2. Fly back

 

1. What is rust?
2. A discoloration of the fur, usually on the sides, flanks and feet

1. T or F?  A purebred rabbit is not capable of reproducing itself in type, color, markings, fur, and other characteristics.
2. False
4. T or F?  A crossbred rabbit results when animals of different breeds are mated.
5. True
7. T or F?  A crossbred rabbit is capable of reproducing itself in type, color, markings, fur and other characteristics.
8. False
10. When you mate rabbits, which rabbits’ cage do you mate them in?
11. The buck’s or an empty cage
13. When a rabbit gives birth, what is it called?
14. Kindle/ kindling

 

1. Why should you dry nest boxes in the sunshine after they are washed?
2. Sunlight sterilizes

1. Should you keep a new rabbit separate from your herd when you bring it home?
2. Yes

 

1. Which is easier for a rabbit to withstand, heat or cold?
2. Cold
4. What serves as a rabbit’s cooling system?
5. Its ears

1. T or F?  A rabbit’s back should be supported while lifting the rabbit.
2. True

 

1. Name 2 breeds of rabbits that have “bulldog” heads.
2. Lops(Holland, Mini, French), Dutch; Netherland Dwarfs

1. Which breed of rabbit has a herring bone pattern?
2. The English Spot

 

1. What is a herring bone pattern?
2. The spine or dorsal stripe on an English Spot’s back

1. Which breed of rabbits have wool?
2. Angora rabbits, Jersey wooly

 

1. Name 2 breeds of chinchilla rabbits.
2. Giant,   Standard,  American

1. What breed of rabbit has bars and bands?
2. Harlequin

 

1.  What is the main cause of “sore hocks”?
2. rough cage floor     or   hereditary
4. What is another name for malocclusion?
5. Buck teeth, wolf teeth, butting teeth, or pegged teeth
7. What is an infectious inflammation of the mammary glands called?
8. Mastitis

1. Name two parasites that rabbits might get.
2. Mange, lice, fleas, worms.

 

1. How would you describe a rabbit’s eye which is whitish on the surface, or looks like it has a milky film over it?
2. Wall eye or Moon eye

1. What causes mange?
2. Mites
4. Where would you find a dewclaw on a rabbit?
5. On the inside of the front legs
7. What is a dewlap?
8. A pendulous fold of loose skin, which hangs from the throat of some rabbits
10. What is a dewlap?
11. A fold of skin and fur near the doe’s neck (in some breeds) from which she will pull fur to line the nest for kits.

 

1. T or F?  Part of “Rabbit showmanship” is checking the front legs for straightness.
2. True

1. T or F? Rabbits do not have dewclaws.
2. False. There are dewclaws on each of the front feet.

 

1. T or F?  You should have the hind end of the rabbit facing the judge when showing straightness of tail.
2. True