Meaning of rabbit board | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An authority responsible for the management and control of wild rabbits.
   Australia, New-Zealand
2. A board on which a rabbit may be immobilised.

Examples

“You speak⟳ of rabbit boards in the other colonies.[…]You have⟳ had nothing to do with the rabbit boards in Queensland?”

“1907, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia, Volume 15, Issue⟳ 1, page 325, I think⟳ the time is not too far distant when there will need⟳ to be rabbit boards appointed to deal⟳ with the pest locally, and with that in view⟳ I have⟳ had a draft of a new Act prepared by the Crown Law Department making provision for such, and have⟳ submitted it to you for your approval.”

“Infested districts are proclaimed by the Governor, and thereupon a rabbit board⟳ shall be constituted to carry⟳ out the provisions of the Act.”

“There are about fifty or sixty Rabbit Boards in New Zealand, controlling a tremendous area of land⟳, and it is necessary for them to supply⟳ farmers with certain poisons,[…].”

“Most notable in this regard have⟳ been the Rabbit Boards of Queensland[…].”

“1980, Royal Australian Historical Society, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volumes 66-67, page 139, These bodies—pastures protection boards, stock⟳ boards, rabbit boards, and so on—discharged various reserved functions of local government, and made up a parallel hierarchy.”

“Rabbits are fastened upon rabbit-boards and anesthetized with a mixture of three parts of ether and one of alcohol.”

“The laboratory should be supplied with chemical work⟳ tables and sinks ; a fume chamber; large water bath for 40 and 100 degrees C.; dog and rabbit boards; analytical balance; scales weighting 0.01 gm. to 20 gm.;[…].”

“The animal is restrained on the rabbit board⟳, with the level of the head slightly below the level of the heart, the neck region shaved with small animal clippers, and then palpated to locate⟳ the trachea.”

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