Does anyone have data(with website) for cancer in rabbits?

Well, as you may already know, this "fact" is not cut and dry.

A female rabbit that is NOT breeding benefits from spay because her chances of getting ovarian cancers are lower when compared to the non-breeding female that is not spayed. HOWEVER, if the female is being bred on a regular schedule, her risk of getting ovarian cancer is just as low as the spayed female. She will live just as long.

I believe that the doctor stated that there had been no scientific studies that proved that breeding females live shorter lives in comparison to spayed females. The key words here are "breeding" and "non-breeding".

I was unable to find the medical article again that I read this from. It was written by a Japanese doctor whose organization (Japanese government org., I think) was studying cases of Treponema cuniculi in rabbits (vent disease).

You can believe it or not. I think that those organizations that recite those "facts" you're talking about is because it promotes their cause. Some give half truths deliberately, others do it ignorantly. The general public, even rabbit vets, do not know much about the breeding rabbit so it is easy to convince the public of something that is not entirely true when it comes to spaying.

You can try searching for this article, I guess. I read so many online rabbit articles that it would take too much time to find it. Sorry. I know you wanted links. Try googling "rabbit syphilis". I found a link to it on a page that had about 90 links to rabbit medical study articles.

All that said, I am ALL for people spaying/neutering their rabbits. The are way too many byb "throw-away" rabbits in shelters and pet stores. But I also am all for telling the whole truth. Again, sorry I couldn't help with the link. Maybe someone else can.

More: Abby's suggestion is a nice one but as stated above, even rabbit vet mainly see non-breeding rabbits not breeding ones so may not really know much about them. Case in point, I recently found a new rabbit vet because, while I used to go to a vet hospital that had about 6 or 7 rabbit vets (unusual), it was all the way across the valley, and sometimes I felt like I was teaching them. I don't think i should have to do that and pay what I do. lol. Anyway, I found a highly recommended rabbit vet much closer to me. When my rabbits, despite my precautions (got wrong diagnosis from another vet), my rabbits came up with vent disease. So, I just needed to know the protocol for treating like the med dosage and administration frequency. I went to my new vet (who had handled our other pet wonderfully) but he had no idea of what it was. He said he thought he had heard of it before but would look it up in his med book. We could not find it in his book. I got home and found a few med articles about it and called to tell him. He concurred on the diagnosis and gave me the info I needed to treat my rabbits. He admitted that he had never dealt with breeding rabbits before. Incidentally, he did not charge me a penny. Poor guy, I think he was embarrassed. My point is that, even if a vet rattles off the same old stuff we all hear about spaying rabbits, it does not mean it is true. It may only pertain to a certain clientele.

Yes Rabbits can get lung melanoma. They use rabbits, mice, rats and all forms of animals in checking out merchandise so that we (individuals) supposedly do not get sick. Back within the 70's and eighty's there used to be horrible furore approximately the laboratories that proven the cigarettes on animals. Some of them could have three or extra cigarettes of their mouths at one time. I'm now not getting at you, I smoke too. We actually have a puppy rabbit, however do not smoke close her.

While you may be able to find data on the internet the best way to find reputable data is to contact your vet and ask for information. Most vets are very helpful for things like this and have access to lots of veterinary journals that do studies. They will be able to help you find a reputable journal on the subject.

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=18&cat...

http://www.spca.bc.ca/Animalbehaviour/rabsneuter.a...

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1155/UC....