Specification

General information

• Originated in Belgium.
• Recognized only in Belgium and Great Britain.
• Developed initially as a meat producing rabbit.
• Productive breeder with litters of 8-10 young.
• An elegant fine boned rabbit.

Biological data

Disease common to different rabbit types

Ancestry

Breeders

Further Reading

Publications

Other sources of information

• British Rabbit Council & Pet Plan (1999)The Rabbit List.(For a free copy, send an A5 SAE to The Rabbit List, Pet Plan Ltd, Computer House, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9DX, UK.)
• Sandford J C (1996)The Domestic Rabbit.5th Edn: Blackwell Sciences. pp 60. ISBN 0 632 03894 2.
• Okerman L (1994)diseases of Domestic Rabbits.2nd Edn: Blackwell Sciences. pp 140-141. ISBN 0 632 03804 7.
• Brown M (1982)Exhibition and Pet Rabbits.2nd Edn: Triplegate Ltd. pp 122-124. ISBN 0 862 30050 9.

Organizations

• American Rabbit Breeders Association, PO Box 426, Bloomington, IL 61702, USA. Tel: +1 309 664 7500; Fax: +1 309 664 0941; Email:arbapost@aol.com; Website:http://www.arba.net.
• The Rabbit Welfare Association, PO Box 603, Horsham, West Sussex RW13 5WL, UK.  Tel: +44 (0)870 046 5249; Website:http://www.houserabbit.co.uk.
• British Rabbit Council, Purefoy House, 7 Kirkgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1AD, UK.  Tel: +44 (0)1636 676042; Website:http://www.thebrc.org.
• House Rabbit Society, 1524 Benton Street, Alameda, CA 94501, USA. Website:http://www.rabbit.org.