Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits

[EN] In the same room of an experimental rabbit house 2 housing systems were compared, namely three pens to keep rabbits on bedding and six wire cages for unbedded rabbit keeping. In total, 69 New Zealand White crossbred rabbits 8-12 wk old were used in the study. The rabbits were kept in groups wit...

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Autores: Ribikauskas, Vytautas, Ribikauskiene, Daiva, Skurdeniene, Ina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Rabbits
Behaviour
Air quality
Housing system
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spelling Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbitsRibikauskas, VytautasRibikauskiene, DaivaSkurdeniene, InaRabbitsBehaviourAir qualityHousing system[EN] In the same room of an experimental rabbit house 2 housing systems were compared, namely three pens to keep rabbits on bedding and six wire cages for unbedded rabbit keeping. In total, 69 New Zealand White crossbred rabbits 8-12 wk old were used in the study. The rabbits were kept in groups with 0.6 m2 floor area per animal in pens with thinly scattered straw. Wire cages had no bedding and there were 4 rabbits in each cage and 0.4 m2 floor area per rabbit. The study lasted for 8 wk. Rabbit behaviour was observed once 1 wk for 24 h. Behaviour was recorded using a scan sampling every hour. Results were analysed by calculating the percentage frequency of each behaviour. Behaviour analysis according to the keeping method indicated that rabbits kept on bedding spent on average less time resting and grooming (41.53 % and 5.18 % vs. 53.60 % and 8.48 %) and more time eating (29.86 % vs. 18.03 %, respectively) in comparison with those kept in wire cages. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between environmental temperature, illumination, ammonia and carbon dioxide gas concentrations and activity of rabbits.World Rabbit Science. ICTA. UPVRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20102010-12-30journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/9146reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/91462026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
title Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
spellingShingle Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
Ribikauskas, Vytautas
Rabbits
Behaviour
Air quality
Housing system
title_short Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
title_full Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
title_fullStr Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
title_full_unstemmed Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
title_sort Effect of housing system (wire cage versus group-housing) and in-house air quality parameters on the behaviour of fattening rabbits
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ribikauskas, Vytautas
Ribikauskiene, Daiva
Skurdeniene, Ina
author Ribikauskas, Vytautas
author_facet Ribikauskas, Vytautas
Ribikauskiene, Daiva
Skurdeniene, Ina
author_role author
author2 Ribikauskiene, Daiva
Skurdeniene, Ina
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Rabbits
Behaviour
Air quality
Housing system
topic Rabbits
Behaviour
Air quality
Housing system
description [EN] In the same room of an experimental rabbit house 2 housing systems were compared, namely three pens to keep rabbits on bedding and six wire cages for unbedded rabbit keeping. In total, 69 New Zealand White crossbred rabbits 8-12 wk old were used in the study. The rabbits were kept in groups with 0.6 m2 floor area per animal in pens with thinly scattered straw. Wire cages had no bedding and there were 4 rabbits in each cage and 0.4 m2 floor area per rabbit. The study lasted for 8 wk. Rabbit behaviour was observed once 1 wk for 24 h. Behaviour was recorded using a scan sampling every hour. Results were analysed by calculating the percentage frequency of each behaviour. Behaviour analysis according to the keeping method indicated that rabbits kept on bedding spent on average less time resting and grooming (41.53 % and 5.18 % vs. 53.60 % and 8.48 %) and more time eating (29.86 % vs. 18.03 %, respectively) in comparison with those kept in wire cages. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between environmental temperature, illumination, ammonia and carbon dioxide gas concentrations and activity of rabbits.
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