{"topic_id":"exotic_rabbit_nutrition","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_rabbit_nutrition\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Rabbit nutrition — small herbivores with specialized digestive systems; fiber drives GI motility and dental wear\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Rabbit nutrition — small herbivores with specialized digestive systems; fiber drives GI motility and dental wear\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_nutrition.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 220\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Rabbit nutrition — small herbivores with specialized digestive systems; fiber drives GI motility and dental wear\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits/nutrition-of-rabbits\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n# Rabbit nutrition\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Rabbits are small herbivores with specialized feeding needs and digestive systems.\n> fiber is important for stimulating GI motility, preventing behavioral problems (eg, fur chewing)\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_nutrition.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Rabbits are small herbivores with specialized feeding needs and digestive systems.`\n- `fiber is important for stimulating GI motility, preventing behavioral problems (eg, fur chewing)`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Rabbit nutrition — small herbivores with specialized digestive systems; fiber drives GI motility and dental wear (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Rabbit nutrition — small herbivores with specialized digestive systems; fiber drives GI motility and dental wear","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rabbits/nutrition-of-rabbits","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_nutrition.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_rabbit_nutrition.txt","tokens_estimated":220,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}