History of Rabbit Distribution

History of Rabbit Distribution

Based on historical records, Rabbit was first noted by Seamans from Fenesia who travel to Spain about 12 years BC. At that time, the State of Julius Cesar, Rome had rabbit breeding in large numbers as one source of meat for his country.

Selective breeding of rabbits was first performed in the Middle Ages, a more modern form of breeder. At that time, around the 16th century has also been carried out the recording of various types and colors that appear on the rabbit fur.

Rabbits began to be famous as pets at the beginning of the 19th century when the rabbit observer community during the bunny rabbit contest in western europe and in the United States. Several types of rabbits are deliberately developed with the aim of producing a superior variety that is not only intended for the broiler but also the fur rabbit with feathers and wool. The rise of rabbits as pets grew larger especially during the Victorian era.

The efforts of the rabbit lovers finally succeeded, at the end of the 19th century finally the rabbits became very famous in the United States. An event about the "Belgian Hare Boom" or an incident where Belgium began to send rabbits in 1888 and also founded a community of American rabbit lovers under the American Ammerican Belgian hare Association. over the next two decades thousands of Belgian Hares rabbits or Belgian Hares in Imports to Ammerica, although currently only encountered about 200 rabbits of this type.

ARBA or American rabbit breeders association was established in 1910 as a national rabbit association of American rabbit and breeder maintenance standards to maintain broiler rabbits or raise ornamental rabbits, judging and judging systems at the time of the rabbit contest held. Currently in Ammerica, rabbits are one of the most popular pets after cats and dogs.



In addition to being a part of the home playing game, the Rabbit also plays an important role in the development of health sciences especially in the fields of health, medicine, vaccination and research on research related to the male reproductive system. Based on the leading American research institute, The National Institute of Health states that rabbits have a very important role in the development of chemistry as a means of simulating the biological effects of chemicals. Rabbits are also used in research in the field of bronchial asthma studies, stroke prevention treatments, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, and cancer. But unfortunately the rabbit is also used as experimental materials in the field of cosmetics and prodak pembersih.