Rabbit

Preferred substrates for penned laboratory rabbits

Group-housed does preferred straw or shredded paper and avoided sawdust or wood shavings.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Turner, R. J., Selby, J. I., Held, S. D. E. et al. 1992. Preferred substrates for penned laboratory rabbits. Animal Technology 43, 185-192.

Group housing and enrichment cages for breeding, fattening and laboratory rabbits

53% of rabbits who had been housed in small, conventional cages were unable to hop when being removed from their cages. A further 36% were able to hop only to a limited extent. However, 50% of rabbits kept in double...

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Stauffacher, M. 1992. Group housing and enrichment cages for breeding, fattening and laboratory rabbits. Animal Welfare 1, 105-125.

Cage enrichment for female New Zealand White rabbits

The paired rabbits preferred to be together (90 percent of the time). .. Even though an individual J feeder and a lixit waterer were in each cage, the paired rabbits usually preferred to share their food and water. Fir-wood gnawing...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Brooks, D. L., Huls, W., Leamon, C. et al. 1993. Cage enrichment for female New Zealand White rabbits. Lab Animal 22(5), 30-38.

Social behaviour and immunological correlates in group-housed female laboratory rabbits

Low-ranking does received more aggression than high-ranking ones, however, there was no indication that this affected their welfare.Abstract published in: Applied Animal Behaviour Science 40, 82, 1994; Held SDE, Turner RJ, Wootton RJ; Social behaviour and immunological correlates in group-housed...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Held, S. D. E., Turner, R. J., Wootton, R. J. 1993. Social behaviour and immunological correlates in group-housed female laboratory rabbits. In: Proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Ethology. Wierenga, H. K. , Braun, S. (eds), 131-135. KTBL, Darmstadt, Germany.

Refinements in rabbit husbandry: Second report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW [British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation/Fund for the Replacement of Animal in Medical Research/Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] Joint Working Group on Refinement

Very useful recommendations for and review of species-appropriate housing and handling of rabbits. The aims of this report is to identify the needs of domesticated rabbits and to present information on ways in which the current system of housing rabbits...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Morton, D. B., Jennings, M., Batchelor, G. R. et al. 1993. Refinements in rabbit husbandry: Second report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW [British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation/Fund for the Replacement of Animal in Medical Research/Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals/Universities Federation for Animal Welfare] Joint Working Group on Refinement. Laboratory Animals 27, 301-329.

A non-stressful alternative to gastric gavage for oral administration of antibiotics in rabbits

Generally, rabbits receive oral medication by gastric intubation, a method that frequently requires more than one technician, is time consuming, and places unnecessary stress on the animal. A very simple but effective training technique is described which ensures that rabbits...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Marr, J. M., Gnam, E. C., Calhoun, J. et al. 1993. A non-stressful alternative to gastric gavage for oral administration of antibiotics in rabbits. Lab Animal 22(2), 47-49.

The effects of group housing on the research use of the laboratory rabbit

This project evaluated the influence of group housing on common aspects of research use of female laboratory rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Eight rabbits housed individually in conventional cages were compared to a second group of 8 housed as a social group...

Year Published: 1993Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Whary, M., Peper, R., Borkowski, G. et al. 1993. The effects of group housing on the research use of the laboratory rabbit. Laboratory Animals 27(4), 330-341.

Improved husbandry systems – an ethological concept

Whereas interactions with objects are predictable, social partners force a rabbit to react to situations which are always new.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Stauffacher, M. 1993. Improved husbandry systems - an ethological concept. Proceedings of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations [FELASA] Symposium, 68-73.

Sound levels in rooms housing laboratory animals: An uncontrolled daily variable

It is clear that the acoustic environment of laboratory animals is a daily variable that is usually uncontrolled and that may have important implications for behavioural and physiological experiments and for animal welfare.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: All/General, Mouse, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Milligan, S. R., Sales, G. D., Khirnykh, K. 1993. Sound levels in rooms housing laboratory animals: An uncontrolled daily variable. Physiology and Behavior 53, 1067-1076.

Husbandry and welfare of laboratory rodents and rabbits: the relevance of behavioural studies

A general discussion on the behavior of rodents and rabbits.

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Rabbit, Rodent

Citation: Baumans, V. 1994. Husbandry and welfare of laboratory rodents and rabbits: the relevance of behavioural studies. In: Proceedings of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations [FELASA] Symposium. Bunyan, J. (ed), 65-67. Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.