Pairing Un-paired Female Rabbits from Newly Arrived Rabbits
4:38
Positive/Affiliative Behaviors
5:49
Neutral and Negative Behaviors
7:01
Communication Behaviors that can Precede Fighting Behavior
8:43
Results: 172 NZW Rabbit Pairings
9:22
Conclusion
TRANSCRIÇÃO
The overall goal of this process is to present effective methods for establishing newly paired New Zealand white rabbits, as well as a behavioral ethogram and strategies for successful paired maintenance. This method can help answer key questions
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Though European rabbits are a social species, socially housing them can be challenging. Therefore, there must be a thorough understanding of behaviors and social structures of pair-housed laboratory rabbits. Here we present a protocol to identify pairing methods, species-typical hierarchy establishment behaviors and behaviors that warrant appropriate intervention.