ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2024
Helping Rabbits Cope with Veterinary Acts and Vaccine-Related Stress: The Effects of the Rabbit Appeasing Pheromone (RAP).
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- Enhanced environmental acclimation of cats using an innovative passive diffuser of the facial-marking pheromone (F3).Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Crossing the comfort zone: rabbit appeasing pheromone enhances acclimation to a novel environment.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- When touch is stressful: acute endocrine and behavioral responses of domestic rabbits to unfamiliar human handling.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Environmental Exposure to the Common Trunk of Mammalian Appeasing Pheromone Modulates Social Behavior and Reduces Fight Wounds in Male Mice.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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Abstract
Rabbits are subjected to challenges that induce stress and require them to continuously adapt. Veterinary procedures represent an important source of stress. In other pets, pheromone use was shown to help patients better cope with these procedures. This study aimed to evaluate whether continuous exposure to the rabbit appeasing pheromone (RAP) could help rabbits cope with the stress induced by routine clinical consultations and vaccinations. Twenty-four 5-week-old rabbits were housed in two identical rooms for 43 days, one in which the rabbits underwent continuous RAP treatment and one with the placebo. The rabbits were vaccinated 8 days afterwards, and their behaviour was evaluated using visual analogic scales (VASs) and videos. The rabbits were also examined seven times, on a weekly basis, using VASs to assess their behaviour. The video analysis showed that the RAP-treated rabbits were less inhibited (
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