Rabbit Meat Facts and Charts:
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- Rabbits have been used for meat as far back as 1500BC
- Our four fathers whether Native American or Settler ate rabbit meat.
- Rabbits raised off the ground are one of the cleanest meats.
- One rabbit can produce 6 lbs of meat on the same food and water that takes most large animals like a cow to produces 1 lb of meat.
- A female rabbit that weighs 10 pounds can produce up to 320 pounds of meat in a year! Think about it, what other animal do you know of is capable of producing their weight, 32 times in meat, in a year?
- Rabbit Meat is the highest in protein%. (U S D A circular # 549)
- Rabbit has only 795 calories per pound. As compared to Chicken 810, Veal 840, Turkey 1190, Lamb 1420, Beef 1440, Pork 2050. ( U S D A circular # 549 )
- Cholesterol level in rabbit meat is much lower than chicken, turkey, beef, pork. (Alabama A & M University 1989)
- Rabbit meat is seasonal any month of the year and is especially recommended during the hot summer months, as it does not contain the heating properties of most all other meats.
- Rabbit meat is easily digestible. And fills you up faster than most meats without weighing you down.
- Rabbit meat has been used and is suitable for special diets, such as those for heart disease patients, diets for the aged, low sodium diets, weight reduction diets, etc.
- Baby rabbits feed of mothers milk so rich that they can double their weight in 6 short days as compared to a pig at 14 days, calves 47 days, and humans 160 days.
- The first recorded rabbitry was in early Roman times, There rabbits were kept in walled rabbit gardens for food. This saved waste over bigger animals because the rabbit was all eaten. and there was no refrigeration.
- Sailing ships distributed rabbits on islands around various sea lanes to be used as a source of food by sailors.
- As the worlds human population grows there will be less land and water to raise food. The rabbit will play a more increasing role in this supply. Rabbits can and do grow well on food items that do not compete with food items, grown for humans.
- France is the world's largest producer and consumer of rabbit meat. In Hungary there are rabbitries with over 10,000 does producing rabbits for export to Italy.
- Rabbits are quiet and easy to keep without anyone else knowing you have them. So people could be less likely to steal them in times of turmoil.
- Most meat rabbit breeds can withstand cold weather down to -30 as long as they have hay or straw to burrow in. So electricity isn't necessary to raise them.
- Rabbits are easy to pack out if you need to leave an area fast.
- If you are stuck out in the woods and get lucky enough to get a rabbit. They are the highest in protein and vitamin B12 and it may just give you enough energy to get out of the woods alive.
- Rabbit meat Does have fat, more than most people think.The fat is on the outside of the meat like a deer and not laced in the meat like a cow.
- If you eat as much of the rabbit as you can like eyes, brain, silver skin and globular fat on top of the silver skin that would be the best in a survival situation. The brain is almost entirely fat. The liver is a huge source of fat. If you eat the organs as well as the meat, you’ll get plenty of fat. (Also bone marrow)
- Rabbit is not “entirely lean”. In fact, it has roughly the same fat content of White-tailed Deer and most other wild game meat.
- That’s the problem with the Old Rabbit Starvation myth. You don’t starve from eating rabbit. You starve from not eating anything else. Humans are not designed to live off of one food type alone. You can not live off beef alone ether.
- The amount of fat required by the human body is tiny. It could be covered by a handful of nuts every day, or a tablespoon full of olive oil.
- Adding rabbit meat to your meal plan gives you a big boost in vitamin B-12 -- each 3-oz. serving provides 117.6 percent of the recommended daily intake. Vitamin B-12 plays a critical role in the function of your central nervous system and metabolism, as well as the formation of red blood cells. Your body has the ability to store a few years' worth of vitamin B-12, so eating rabbit supplies you with not just your daily requirements, but a little extra as well.
- Rabbit also serves as a rich source of vitamin B3, containing 35.8 percent of the amount your need each day. This vitamin, commonly known as niacin, aid in converting carbohydrates to energy and manufacturing a variety of sex hormones.
- Rabbit meat contains quite a bit of selenium, a mineral your body uses to make antioxidants and stimulate sperm production; each 3-oz. portion of meat contains 46.8 percent of the recommended daily value of selenium. MedlinePlus reports that some physicians may recommend incorporating more selenium into your diet to combat hardening of the arteries, as well as cancers such as stomach, lung, prostate and skin cancer.
- A 3-oz. serving of rabbit also provides you with 22.4 percent of the phosphorus you need in your daily meal plan. This mineral accounts for 1 percent of your total body weight and influences your body's ability to use carbohydrates and fats, as well as the repair of cells and tissues.
- The office of home economics, state relations of the U S Department of Agriculture has made extensive tests and have stated that domestic rabbit meat is the most nutritious meat known to man.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Describes its main functions, and with a collection of links on current agricultural news and research.
Alabama A & M University AAMU boasts four doctoral programs, a multi-million dollar sponsored research office, along with collaborations with numerous government agencies.
Texas A & M University Dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic & professional fields.
www.Nutrition.gov Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
www.AllRecipes.com A wonderful website that has a ton of Recipes for all types of food.
www.RudolphsRabbitranch.com One of the Web's very first and most popular sites for learning how to raise meat rabbits.
www.ardengrabbit.com Farm Direct to Our Customers - 33 years, Breeding, Growing, Processing and selling Rabbit Meat - Established October 10 1980
American Rabbit Breeders Association The ARBA is an organization dedicated to the promotion, development and improvement of the domestic rabbit and cavy.
Meat Rabbit List This Forum is dedicated to helping people raise rabbits for meat. Advising them with health problems of rabbits and the best breeds for meat producing + much more.
www.LiveStrong.com Let Us Be Your Personal Guide To Becoming A Better, Healthier You! This website talks about nutrition and fitness. This website has in detail articles on how to become healthier.