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Wild rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

What wild rabbit has been studied for

2 associations assessed — none with dependable human evidence behind them yet. Strongest first.

  • 2 Insufficient
4 things to know first — allergies, interactions and intake limits

About wild rabbit

Hunted rabbit, distinct from the farmed animal in being leaner, tougher and stronger in flavour. The USDA entry named here is the wild raw meat, which carries almost no fat at all.

Also known as Rabbit, Coney, Lapin de garenne, Hare (related)

Heart HealthMuscle & Physical Performance

The evidence in depth

Best supported: Insufficient

What each association actually rests on, and the papers behind it. A rating describes the state of the research, not how impressive the food is. How we rate evidence.

Blood lipid profile

Heart Health
Insufficient evidence

Evidence is limited for rabbit affecting blood lipids. A handful of small studies have substituted rabbit for other meats, but they are short, few and not consistent enough to support a conclusion.

Insufficient evidence. Not enough human research to say anything useful yet.

2 sources

Deep research mode adds each paper’s own conclusion and stated limitations.

Muscle protein synthesis

Muscle & Physical Performance
Insufficient evidence

May support muscle protein synthesis as a very lean complete protein. The evidence is about animal protein quality in general; rabbit has not been used in a controlled trial.

Insufficient evidence. Not enough human research to say anything useful yet.

No source is attached to this association yet, so it is rated insufficient by default. It is listed because people commonly ask about it — not because there is evidence for it.

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Key nutrients

Nutrient content per 100 grams
NutrientAmount% DV
Macronutrients
Calories114 kcal6%
Protein21.8 g44%
Total fat2.32 g3%
Carbohydrate0 g0%
Fibre0 g0%
Water74.5 g—
Fats
Saturated fat0.69 g3%
Monounsaturated fat0.63 g—
Polyunsaturated fat0.45 g—
Cholesterol81 mg27%
Linoleic acid (omega-6)0.36 g—
Vitamins
Vitamin A0 µg0%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Thiamin (B1)0.03 mg3%
Riboflavin (B2)0.06 mg5%
Niacin (B3)6.5 mg41%
Minerals
Calcium12 mg1%
Iron3.2 mg18%
Magnesium29 mg7%
Phosphorus226 mg18%
Potassium378 mg8%
Sodium50 mg2%
Selenium9.4 µg17%
Other measured compounds
Ash1.12 g—

Nutrient values are per 100 g of the USDA reference entry named on this page and vary with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

Source record: Game meat, rabbit, wild, raw (USDA FoodData Central, FDC ID 174347).

% DV uses the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over. A dash means no Daily Value has been established for that nutrient.

Bioactive compounds

Compounds present in meaningful amounts. Presence is banded rather than quantified, because whole-food levels vary enormously with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation.

How preparation changes things

Only effects with real support are listed. If a preparation method is missing, it is because nothing dependable is documented — not because it makes no difference.

Nothing dependable is recorded about how preparation changes this food’s nutritional properties. Rather than guess, this section stays empty.

Things to know

Allergies, interactions and intake concerns. Every food gets this section — a reference where everything is uniformly good is not a reference.

  • Worth knowing

    Tularemia

    Wild rabbits and hares are the classic reservoir of Francisella tularensis, and rabbit fever has long been associated with skinning and dressing them. Infection can follow handling an infected carcass through broken skin or inhaling aerosols, as well as eating undercooked meat. Gloves while dressing and thorough cooking are the standard precautions.

  • Worth knowing

    Rabbit starvation on a very lean diet

    Rabbit is so lean that a diet consisting mainly of it supplies almost no fat, and protein intake pushed high enough to meet energy needs exceeds the capacity of the liver to process it. The resulting protein poisoning, described by Arctic explorers as rabbit starvation, produces diarrhoea, weakness and eventually death despite an apparently adequate food supply. This is a survival-diet problem rather than an issue with rabbit as part of a mixed diet.

  • Worth knowing

    Lead shot and Toxoplasma

    Rabbits taken with shotguns carry lead pellets and fragments, and lagomorphs can also carry Toxoplasma gondii, which cooking inactivates.

  • Allergy

    Alpha-gal syndrome

    Mammalian meat, so it can trigger delayed reactions in people with tick-associated alpha-gal allergy.