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Use of straw and wood shavings as nest material in primiparous does

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Use of straw and wood shavings as nest material in primiparous does

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dc.contributor.author Blumetto, Oscar
dc.contributor.author Olivas, Irene
dc.contributor.author Torres Salvador, Antonio Germán
dc.contributor.author Villagrá, Arantxa
dc.date.accessioned 2011-01-12T16:52:29Z
dc.date.available 2012-12-12T23:30:21Z
dc.date.issued 2010-12-30
dc.identifier.issn 1257-5011
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/9145
dc.description.abstract [EN] In rabbit production, several materials such as hay, straw, wood shavings or waste wool and cotton are used as nesting materials during parturition. In this work, straw and wood shavings were studied as potential materials for nest boxes, and a choice test was designed for this purpose. Two replicates of 30 primiparous does each were carried out. Does were housed 10 d before parturition in a double commercial cage, so each doe had access to 2 different nest boxes. One of the nests was filled with 8 cm of barley straw and the other with 8 cm of wood shavings, so the doe could choose which of them she prepared and gave birth in. During the 24 h prior to parturition, the state of the nest was assessed, according to the mixing of the material and the doe's hair and the preservation of the original material, as well as the chosen nest box. When the does gave birth, the number of live and dead newborn was recorded. In the first replicate, 87% of the does chose the straw nest box, while in the second replicate 93% of the does did so. The number of live kits at birth did not differ statistically for straw and wood shavings nests (8.36+-1.74 vs. 6.85+-3.44), but litters reared in straw reacted a higher size at weaning (7.98+-1.73 vs. 6.29+-3.35; P<0.05). Finally, all the nests achieved a good level of mixing between the original material and the hair of the doe and only 5% of the does removed the original material (regardless of whether it was straw or wood shavings) and made the nest only with their hair. In conclusion, our results suggest that does might have a strong preference for straw rather than wood shavings as nest material. es_ES
dc.language Inglés es_ES
dc.publisher World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPV es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof World Rabbit Science
dc.rights Reserva de todos los derechos es_ES
dc.subject Nest material es_ES
dc.subject Preference es_ES
dc.subject Rabbit husbandry es_ES
dc.subject Behaviou es_ES
dc.title Use of straw and wood shavings as nest material in primiparous does es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.4995/wrs.2010.776
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal - Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Animal es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation Blumetto, O.; Olivas, I.; Torres Salvador, AG.; Villagrá, A. (2010). Use of straw and wood shavings as nest material in primiparous does. World Rabbit Science. 18(4):237-242. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2010.776 es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2010.776
dc.description.upvformatpinicio 237
dc.description.upvformatpfin 242
dc.description.volume 18
dc.description.issue 4
dc.identifier.eissn 1989-8886


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