Housing Rabbit Does in a Combi System with Removable Walls: Effect on Behaviour and Reproductive Performance

Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI
Alessandro Dal BoscoCesare Castellini

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of two types of colony cages, in which rabbit does were always in a group (C1), and where they were in combi cages furnished with removable internal walls to allow both individual and grouphousing (C2), in addition to the control group (C: conventional individual cage), on welfare, reproductive performance, and global efficiency. Forty-eight New Zealand White nulliparous rabbit does underwent artificially insemination (AI) and were divided into three groups, and reared in the different systems for about 1 year. The reproductive rhythm provides AIs at weaning (30d). In the C1 system, does were continuously grouped, while in C2, walls were inserted four days before kindling and removed 1week after it (60% of the timesheet in group). Reproductive traits and behaviour were evaluated during the entire year. The behavioural observations were performed around days 7, 36, and 44, corresponding to the inclusion of the does in the maternal cages, the insertion of walls four days before kindling, and the removal of the walls 1week after parturition in the C2 group, respectively. The percentages of does with severe skin injuries and the distribution of the injuries on different parts of body were also registered. D...Continue Reading

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Feb 16, 2020·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Alessandro Dal BoscoCesare Castellini
Mar 29, 2020·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Alice Cartoni MancinelliCesare Castellini
Jan 14, 2020·Animal : an International Journal of Animal Bioscience·S Pérez-FuentesJ M Corpa

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