Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)on a request from the Commission related to “The Impact of the current housing and husbandry systems on the health and welfare of farmed domestic rabbits.”

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Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

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behaviour; genetics; handling; health and welfare; housing; husbandry; nutritional; Rabbit; reproductive; space allowance; weaning

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DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2005.267     Document Type: Article

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