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The Laboratory Rabbit (1999)

Batchelor, G. R.

Abstract

Description of rabbit-adequate floor pen housing and cage housing systems and species-adequate handling. Behavioural work that the author has carried out has shown a significant improvement in the quality of life for group housed animals, even those regarded as subordinate, compared to those housed in solitary confinement. .. All handling should be firm but gentle. No data are included in this article.

Published
1999

Animal Type
Rabbit
Topic
Handling, Housing, Social Housing & Companionship

Citation
Batchelor, G. R. 1999. The Laboratory Rabbit. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals Seventh Edition. Poole, T. , English, P. (eds), 395-408. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

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