Helping Rabbits Cope with Veterinary Acts and Vaccine-Related Stress: The Effects of the Rabbit Appeasing Pheromone (RAP)
Pietro Asproni, Elisa Codecasa, Miriam Marcet-Rius, Juliane Demellier, Estelle Descout, Marine Verbaere, Orane Vinck, Patrick Pageat, Alessandro Cozzi · 2024
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Pietro Asproni and co-authors test whether a calming pheromone helps rabbits handle vet visits in a 2024 study. Rabbits stress easily during handling and vaccination. In other pets, appeasing pheromones drawn from nursing mothers ease such procedures, so the team tried the rabbit version.
Twenty-four young rabbits lived for six weeks in two rooms, one scented with the pheromone and one with a placebo. Both groups were vaccinated and examined weekly. Treated rabbits froze less during vaccination, approached the surgeon more, and scored as less agitated. Their ears also stayed in calmer positions. Over the weekly exams, treated rabbits kept better state and reactivity scores. The authors see the pheromone as a promising aid for rabbit care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pietro Asproni, Elisa Codecasa, Miriam Marcet-Rius, Juliane Demellier, Estelle Descout, Marine Verbaere, Orane Vinck, Patrick Pageat, Alessandro Cozzi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |