Effects of Genotype and Housing System on Rabbit Does’ Aggressive Behaviors and Injuries in Smallholding Conditions

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/23:95097 RIV/60460709:41320/23:95097

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000978162100001" target="_blank" >https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000978162100001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13081357" target="_blank" >10.3390/ani13081357</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of Genotype and Housing System on Rabbit Does’ Aggressive Behaviors and Injuries in Smallholding Conditions

Original language description

The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of housing (deep litter + concrete floor vs. deep litter + ground soil with the possibility to dig burrows), and genotype (Mecklenburg or Hyplus) on aggressive behaviour, social contacts, does&apos; and kits&apos; injuries, and progeny mortality. Twelve groups of six rabbit does (n = 72) were assigned to four treatments (two housing systems and two genotypes). Aggressive behaviour of does, number of injuries on does and kits, and postnatal kit mortality were recorded. The effects of housing and genotype were tested using multivariate GLMM Models. We found that the housing treatment in interaction with the genotype had a significant effect on aggressive behaviours in group housed does (F3,12 = 14.34, p = 0.0003), where the lowest incidence of aggression was in Mecklenburg does housed on ground soil. Reduced aggression was reflected in a lower number of injuries in does (F3,68 = 10.51, p &lt; 0.0001), number of injuries in kits, and kit mortality (F3,1 = 4.59, p &lt; 0.0001, F3,54 = 43.94, p &lt; 0.0001). The results indicate that the proper combination of genotype and housing should be carefully considered for breeding to reduce aggression and injury in group housed does.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animals

ISSN

2076-2615

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1357

UT code for WoS article

000978162100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85153770487