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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024

Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare.

Karim El-Sabrout, Anjum Sherasiya, Sohail Ahmad, Sarah Aggag, Eleonora Nannoni, Damiano Cavallini, Giovanni Buonaiuto

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Karim El-SabroutPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2762-2363
Anjum SherasiyaVeterinary World, Wankaner, Star, Gulshan Park, Wankaner 363621, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1598-1820
Sohail AhmadPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Animal Production and Technology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-0390-3083
Sarah AggagGenetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, Egypt.
Eleonora NannoniDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5431-6807
Damiano CavalliniDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1642-6722
Giovanni BuonaiutoDepartment of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40064 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7806-4977

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rabbits are highly susceptible to environmental stress. Such stress, stemming from conventional housing conditions, can negatively impact well-being and productivity. Some of these negative consequences are increased susceptibility to diseases and infections and reduced growth rates and reproductive performance, as well as increased behavioral issues such as aggression. Environmental enrichment is the modification of the environment in which a domesticated animal lives in order to meet the species' behavioral needs. The objective of providing enrichment is to facilitate animals in expressing natural behaviors, thereby preventing behavioral frustration and negative affective states. Several inexpensive and safe materials can be used to enrich rabbit enclosures. This review emphasizes the significance of implementing diverse environmental enrichments to alleviate stress in rabbit farming. It summarizes their effects on animal performance and welfare while exploring potential future perspectives in this field.

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behaviorenvironmental stresshousing enrichmentproductive performancerabbitsensorswelfare

Identifiers

PMID39199901
PMCPMC11350770

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