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cuniculture
Sign in to savethumb|right|Maciej, King of Kings by Antoni Kozakiewicz (1841–1929) from Book VI of Pan Tadeusz Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their meat, fur, or wool. Cuniculture is also employed by rabbit fanciers and hobbyists in the development and betterment of rabbit breeds and the exhibition of those efforts. Scientists practice cuniculture in the use and management of rabbits as model organisms in research. Cuniculture has been practiced all over the world since at least the 5th century.
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- History
- Early husbandry
- Domestication
- Early breeds
- Expansion around the globe
- International commercial use
- Rise of the fancy
- Modern farming
- Present day (2000–present)
- Aspects of rabbit production
- Meat rabbits
- Wool rabbits and pelt rabbits
- Wool rabbits
- Pelt rabbits
- Exhibition rabbits
- Laboratory rabbits
- Husbandry
- Extensive cuniculture practices
- Intensive cuniculture practices
- Challenges to successful production
- Exhibition and fancier societies
- Conformation shows
- Genetics
- Gene linkage maps
- Color genes
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Maciej, King of Kings by Antoni Kozakiewicz (1841–1929) from Book VI of Pan Tadeusz Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising domestic rabbits as livestock for their meat, fur, or wool. Cuniculture is also employed by rabbit fanciers and hobbyists in the development and betterment of rabbit breeds and the exhibition of those efforts. Scientists practice cuniculture in the use and management of rabbits as model organisms in research. Cuniculture has been practiced all over the world since at least the 5th century.
==History==