By contributing your own bunnies' health data to our database, you may help save other rabbits' lives, by making this information available to all veterinarians who treat rabbits. The more documentation we receive from rabbit guardians and their veterinarians. the more valuable it will become in helping all rabbits.

In order to get a wider range of participants, we have recently reorganized our input methods so that anyone with a bunny can participate. Here's the way it now works.

1. A copy of the working database is downloadable from this web page.
2. Anybody can enter records into their desktop copy of the database.
3. New records are emailed back to us by clicking a button.
4. A veterinary panel will review all new records for accuracy and medical wording.
5. New records are then added to the master file on the web.

If you would like to participate in this project, this is how to get started:

• Download our HealthDB_PC or HealthDB_Mac to your desktop. This will take a couple of minutes to download, and will occupy about 45MB on your hard drive (after all the files are unzipped).
• Unzip the file and extract all files, and save them in a folder on your computer. Open the HealthDB folder then double click the HealthDB application (PC) or Rabbit Health Database.app (Mac).
• Browse through records and familiarize yourself with the structure of the tables. Read page instructions and Help topics.
• When you are ready to enter data, ask your veterinarian for copies of your rabbit's exam records and all diagnostic test results, such as blood panels, cultures, and radiographs. Necropsies are especially valuable for completing a total health history.
• Arrange the paper files in chronological order as best you can. Veterinary exam records might be long and continuous, whereas diagnostic tests are random sheets.
• Follow data-entry instructions in the Help page.