Effect of different housing systems (single and group penning) on the health and welfare of commercial female rabbits
| Autor: | Juan José Pascual, Elena Moreno-Grua, E. Martínez-Paredes, C. Sanz-Tejero, J.M. Corpa, Sara Pérez-Fuentes, L. Selva, Asunción Muñoz-Silvestre, A. Villagrá, D. Viana, C. Cervera |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UCH. Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Producción Científica UCH 2020 |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Hydrocortisone haematological parameters media_common.quotation_subject Conejos - Aspectos ambientales health status Culling Biology PRODUCCION ANIMAL Animal Welfare Affect (psychology) Stress SF1-1100 Rabbits - Breeding Health status rabbit does stress Stress Physiological Lactation Animal welfare medicine Animals Animal Husbandry media_common Mortality rate Rabbits - Environmental aspects Cages Housing Animal Animal culture NUTRICION Y BROMATOLOGIA medicine.anatomical_structure Cunicultura Haematological parameters Rabbit does Female Animal Science and Zoology Rabbits Reproduction Bienestar animal Welfare Hair Demography |
| Zdroj: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname electronico ReDivia. Repositorio Digital del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias Animal, Vol 14, Iss 6, Pp 1270-1277 (2020) CEU Repositorio Institucional Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU (FUSPCEU) ReDivia: Repositorio Digital del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) |
| Popis: | [EN] In recent decades, concern about rabbit welfare and sustainability has increased. The housing system is a very important factor for animal welfare. However, information about how different available housing types for female rabbits affect their health status is scarce, but this is an important factor for their welfare. Hence, the objective of this study was to evaluate the health status of female rabbits in five common housing systems: three different single-housing systems with distinct available surfaces and heights; a single-housing system with a platform; a collective system. Female rabbits in the collective and platform cages had greater cortisol concentrations in hair than those in the single-housing system with no platform. Haptoglobin concentrations and kit mortality rates during lactation were greater for the collective-cage female rabbits. The collective group had more culled females and more lesions than in the other groups. The main reasons for culling in all the groups were reproduction problems and presence of abscesses, and the collective group of females was the most affected. In conclusion, it appears that keeping females together in collective systems negatively affects their health status and welfare, while single-housing systems imply lower kit mortality rates during lactation and cortisol concentrations, and fewer lesions in female rabbits. This study was supported by the INIA-INTERCUN Project (CUN2014-00001-00-00) and by Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera (INDI16/07, INDI17/07, INDI18/08). Grants for Sara Perez Fuentes, Asuncion Munoz Silvestre and Elena Moreno Grua from Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera, and also for Sara Perez Fuentes from Generalitat Valenciana and FSE (ACIF/2016/085), and for Elena Moreno Grua from Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (FPU17/02708) are also gratefully acknowledged. |
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