Pet rabbit welfare guidance
This document provides detailed information about the needs of pet rabbits and how to meet these needs in accordance with good practice.
Appendix 3: References
Indicators of suffering in section 7 derived from:
- National Research Council (2009) Recognition & alleviation of pain in laboratory animals, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Carstens & Moberg (2000) Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Journal, 41 62-71
- Kohn et al. (2007) Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 46: 97-108
- Maertens & Coudert eds. (2009) Recent advances in rabbit sciences, ILVO
- Verga (2000) World Rabbit Science, 8: 491-506
- Gunn & Morton (1995) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 45: 277-292
- Held et al. (1995) Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 46: 81-91
- Hawkins et al. (2008) Refining rabbit care. RSPCA and UFAW
Potential signs of abdominal pain taken from:
- Leach et al. (2009) Research in Veterinary Science, 87: 336-347
- Farnworth et al. (2011) Animal Welfare, 20: 225-237
Rabbit Grimace Scale original paper:
- Keating SCJ, Thomas AA, Flecknell PA, Leach MC (2012) Evaluation of EMLA cream for preventing pain during tattooing of rabbits: changes in physiological, behavioural and facial expression responses. PLoS ONE 7:e44437. Doi:10.137/journal.pone0044437
For guidance on how to use the Rabbit Grimace Scale, additional images of each action unit, research papers that underpin or validate this technique, please contact Dr Matt Leach ( matthew.leach@newcastle.ac.uk).
Image Credits:
Cover Page: BSAVA
Introduction: RWAF
Section 1: Diane Bain
Section 3: RWAF
Section 4: RWAF (eating greens); Diane Bain (group)
Section 5: RWAF
Section 6: Diane Bain
Section 7: RWAF (vet); Pain and Animal Welfare Sciences ( PAWS) group at Newcastle University (pain-related postures and rearing rabbit).
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