The use of infrared thermography in the evaluation of acute stress in three breeds of domestic rabbits during tattooing

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202493040439" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202493040439</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202493040439" target="_blank" >10.2754/avb202493040439</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The use of infrared thermography in the evaluation of acute stress in three breeds of domestic rabbits during tattooing

Original language description

Infrared thermography is a relatively new tool used in the evaluation of stress and health disorders in animals. This study aimed to assess changes in rabbit temperature in response to acute stress. The mean surface temperature of the inner corner of the eye was measured using a thermal camera in 12 rabbits of 3 breeds (four individuals of Mecklenburger Piebald Rabbit, Castor Rex Rabbit, and Large Light Silver Rabbit) exposed to handling and tattooing of the ears. The mean surface temperature and the standard deviation in the inner corner of the eye in rabbits measured in their home cage was 36.75 ± 1.02 °C and was significantly lower (P &lt; 0.01) than that measured during subsequent handling, tattooing and restraint. It was also lower in comparison with the mean temperature measured 30 minutes after tattooing when the rabbits were returned to the home cage (37.78 ± 0.54 °C). The surface temperature increased (P &lt; 0.01) in response to handling when the rabbits were removed from the cage (38.22 ± 0.42 °C) and reached a maximum during tattooing (38.62 ± 0.52 °C). No significant difference was determined between the breeds (P &gt; 0.05) at any stage of measurement. Changes in the surface temperature of the inner corner of the eye in rabbits took the same course in all three studied breeds of rabbits. An increase in temperature occurred during the initial handling of rabbits unaccustomed to human handling, and this increase endured throughout the entire period of handling associated with tattooing.

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

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta veterinaria Brno

ISSN

0001-7213

e-ISSN

1801-7576

Volume of the periodical

93

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

439-446

UT code for WoS article

001390178500011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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