Preference of domestic rabbits for grass or coarse mix feeds

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Leslie, T K ^a   Dalton, L ^a   Phillips, C J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Coarse mix; Grazing; Pasture; Preference; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAGE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRASS; GRAZING; GROOMING; HAY; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MASTICATION; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REWARD; STANDING; TIME;

ANIMALIA; DAUCUS CAROTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1042268850     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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