Floor area and the behaviour of pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

LM Dixon; JR Hardiman; JJ Cooper

doi:10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.043

Floor area and the behaviour of pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

LM Dixon, JR Hardiman, JJ Cooper

Animal Welfare

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Abstract

Rabbit welfare guidelines tend to emphasize the importance of space and performance of species typical behavior patterns, such as stretching, rearing and hopping at least 3 paces (Council of Europe, 2006). However, many hutches designed for pet rabbits potentially inhibit or prevent these behavior patterns and may consequently affect rabbit welfare. The objectives of this experiment were 1) to record the behavior patterns of rabbits in enclosures with different floor areas and 2) to determine if rabbits exhibit rebound effects when transferred from smaller to larger enclosures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	41 - 42
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Veterinary Behaviour
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2009.09.043
Publication status	First published - 2010

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Animal welfare
Housing
Rabbit

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Floor area and the behaviour of pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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