Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

The aim of this study was to analyse the occurrence of neonatal cannibalism by individually outdoors cage-bred wild rabbit does (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Ninety eight parturitions that were gathered from 19 female cage-born wild rabbits during five consecutive years were monitored for cannibalism inc...

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Autores principales:	González-Redondo,P, Zamora-Lozano,M
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile 2008
Materias:	cannibalism maternal behaviour Oryctolagus cuniculus wild rabbit
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0301-732X20080003000092013-11-14Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)González-Redondo,PZamora-Lozano,M cannibalism maternal behaviour Oryctolagus cuniculus wild rabbit The aim of this study was to analyse the occurrence of neonatal cannibalism by individually outdoors cage-bred wild rabbit does (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Ninety eight parturitions that were gathered from 19 female cage-born wild rabbits during five consecutive years were monitored for cannibalism incidence. This alteration in maternal behaviour, which was exclusively limited to the peripartum period, had a high incidence (13.3% of parturitions) and was significantly associated with inadequate maternal behaviour such as not using straw or hair in nestbuilding or giving birth outside the nest box. In 84.6% of the parturitions with occurrence of cannibalism the does did not introduce hair into the nest boxes, and in 92.3% of the parturitions with cannibalised kits the does did not introduce straw into the nest boxes. Cannibalism was also associated with a large proportion of rabbits that gave birth outside the nest boxes (53.8%). It is discussed that cannibalism practiced by wild rabbit does in captivity is a manifestation of the failure of maternal behaviour, a consequence of the stress they experience in captivity.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de ChileArchivos de medicina veterinaria v.40 n.3 20082008-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-732X2008000300009en10.4067/S0301-732X2008000300009
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language	English
topic	cannibalism maternal behaviour Oryctolagus cuniculus wild rabbit
spellingShingle	cannibalism maternal behaviour Oryctolagus cuniculus wild rabbit González-Redondo,P Zamora-Lozano,M Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
description	The aim of this study was to analyse the occurrence of neonatal cannibalism by individually outdoors cage-bred wild rabbit does (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Ninety eight parturitions that were gathered from 19 female cage-born wild rabbits during five consecutive years were monitored for cannibalism incidence. This alteration in maternal behaviour, which was exclusively limited to the peripartum period, had a high incidence (13.3% of parturitions) and was significantly associated with inadequate maternal behaviour such as not using straw or hair in nestbuilding or giving birth outside the nest box. In 84.6% of the parturitions with occurrence of cannibalism the does did not introduce hair into the nest boxes, and in 92.3% of the parturitions with cannibalised kits the does did not introduce straw into the nest boxes. Cannibalism was also associated with a large proportion of rabbits that gave birth outside the nest boxes (53.8%). It is discussed that cannibalism practiced by wild rabbit does in captivity is a manifestation of the failure of maternal behaviour, a consequence of the stress they experience in captivity.
author	González-Redondo,P Zamora-Lozano,M
author_facet	González-Redondo,P Zamora-Lozano,M
author_sort	González-Redondo,P
title	Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
title_short	Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
title_full	Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
title_fullStr	Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
title_full_unstemmed	Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
title_sort	neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (oryctolagus cuniculus)
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile
publishDate	2008
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-732X2008000300009
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Neonatal cannibalism in cage-bred wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

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