XXV.—The rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) as known to the ancients

Arterial Hæmorrhage. Was It Known to the Ancients?

of limbs being torn off by machinery without arterial loss of blood occurring?a knowledge even now being taken advantage of, in the substitution of torsion for the ligature, although large arteries have to be dealt with. But in torn limbs it very often happens that the well-known arterial gush per saltum does take place; everything depending on the manner in which the vessel may be divided, or ...

THE ORGANISATION OF RABBIT CONTROL (Oryctolagus cuniculus) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Under Western Australian legislation, landholders have an obligation to control rabbits on their properties; local authorities the responsibility to supervise their work whilst the Agriculture Protection Board has a Statewide supervisory and co-ordination role. Prior to 1950 (when the Agriculture Protection Board was formed) the central role was in the hands of a Government department which, th...

The remnant of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) IgD gene

Although IgD first appeared, along with IgM, in the cartilaginous fishes and has been retained throughout subsequent vertebrate evolution, it has been lost in a diverse group of vertebrate species. We previously showed that, unlike vertebrates that express IgD, the rabbit lacks an IgD (Cδ) gene within 13.5 kb downstream of the IgM gene. We report here that, by conducting BLAST searches of rabbi...

Deliberate introduction of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, into Australia.

The European rabbit was brought to Australia as a companion animal by early settlers. It sometimes escaped, but failed to survive in the Australian bush. In 1879 wild rabbits were deliberately sent to Victoria to provide game for wealthy settlers to shoot. They soon spread all over Australia, except in the tropics, and became Australia's major animal pest. After careful testing in Australian wi...

The reproductive system of a pregnant hermaphrodite rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).