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Rabbits, 2005
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
This bibliography contains information on rabbits and covers topics including health, behavior, and laboratory and clinical techniques.

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Laboratory Rabbit Housing: An Investigation of the Social and Physical Environment (PDF|139 KB)
Universitites Federation for Animal Welfare.
This summary report presents the findings of a report that identified resources that may be important for housing laboratory rabbits and tested the motivation of rabbits for those resources.

Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Rabbits (PDF|208 KB)
Animal Welfare Institute.
An article discussing the natural habitat and behaviors of rabbits that should be taken into account when designing laboratory housing and enrichment programs.

Guidelines for the Housing of Rabbits in Scientific Institutions (PDF|332 KB)
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. Agriculture. Animal Research Review Panel.
An Australian research guidleine that describes rabbit behavior, housing, pen design, care and managment, and the advantages and disadvantages of group housing.

Pain and Distress in Laboratory Rodents and Lagomorphs (PDF|139 KB)
Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations.
The FELASA Working Group considered the nature of pain and distress in laboratory rodents and lagomorphs because they constitute the vast majority of subjects used in experimentation. The information is arranged in sections, although these are not always mutually exclusive

Variables, Refinement and Environmental Enrichment for Rodents and Rabbits kept in Research Institutions
Animal Welfare Institute.
This online book discusses refinement and environmental improvement techniques for rodents and rabbits kept in research facilities.

IACUC Learning Module – Rabbits
University of Arizona.
The Department of University Animal Care has prepared this "self-instruction" module.

Rabbits, 1994
USDA. NAL. Animal Welfare Information Center.
A bibliography of literature published on the housing, husbandry and welfare of rabbits.

Last Modified: Nov 6, 2008

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