Rommers, Jorine; de Greef, Karel H.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-27)
[EN] Group housing of lactating rabbit does is desirable from a welfare standpoint, but agonistic behaviour can cause severe skin injuries, which are undesired for animal welfare. Park layout, creating hiding places and ...
[EN] Infrared video observations were used to study behaviour in the nestboxes of both adult wild and domestic rabbits. A total of 1080 hours of observations of wild rabbits and 1008 hours of observations of domestic rabbits ...
Ruiz-Aizpurua, L.; Guerrero-Casado, J.; Carpio, A. J.; Tortosa, F. S.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-09-30)
[EN] The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) is a key prey species in Mediterranean ecosystems that has declined in its natural ranges as a result of diseases and loss of habitat. This situation has led to the ...
[EN] A set of three contiguous cages was utilised to test the possibility that rabbits establish sniffing relationships when housed in contiguous cages as occurs on farms. The single cages were separated by a tin divider ...