Review on environmental enrichments for farmed rabbits
Published in 2025
Summary of the different types of environmental enrichment used for domestic rabbits.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Monogastric
Animal category: Monogastrics
Measuring on-farm welfare in rabbits: a review with emphasis on animal-based indicators
Published in 2024
Study proposing a roadmap for the assessment of rabbit welfare by integrating multi-dimensional indicators, particularly those for positive and negative affective states.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Animal-based measurement, Welfare indicators, Housing, Living environment, Behavioral disorders
Thoughtful or distant farmer: Exploring the influence of human-animal relationships on rabbit stress, behavior, and emotional responses in two distinct living environments
Published in 2024
Study showing that rabbits living in simple environments or benefiting from positive human interaction displayed more exploratory and interested behaviors towards humans. The quality of the human-animal relationship and the environment influenced their welfare, with no significant difference in physiological stress.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Animal-based measurement, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationship, Socialization, Stress
Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare
Published in 2024
Summary article describing environmental stress and its negative impacts on rabbit welfare and productivity, causing disease and problem behavior. Environmental enrichment helps reduce this stress by meeting the natural behavioral needs of rabbits, thereby improving their welfare and performance.
Document Types: Scientific review
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Aggression, Aggressiveness, Animal-based measurement, Enrichment, Welfare indicators, Housing, Stress, Behavioural disorders
One Health Approach to Rabbit Farming: Balancing Act between Environmental Impact, Farmers Livelihood, and Animal Welfare
Published in 2024
Book chapter describing rabbit farming as a sustainable solution to meeting demand for meat while having a low environmental impact, thanks to the feed conversion efficiency and low land and resource requirements of rabbits. However, challenges include the need to ensure adequate space to avoid stress and health problems and to guarantee animal welfare.
Document Types: Scientific work
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords: Environment, Housing, One Welfare, Pollution,Societal issues, livestock farming system
Faciliter l’engagement serein des éleveurs dans une démarche de bien-être animal
Published in 2024
To promote dialogue between livestock farming and society, LIT Ouesterel has been running one project since 2021 and another starting in 2024, intended to encourage livestock farmers to commit themselves to a progress approach. The second seeks to do so via actions at producer organization level.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Societal issues, One Welfare, Farming systems
Quelles sont les quatre principales représentations de l’agriculture dans la société française ?
Published in 2024
Study by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty's Center for Studies and Forecasting, intended to feed into public policy-making and describing the four main representations of agriculture and farmers seen in French society today: traditional family farming, large-scale industrial farming, farmers under pressure to scale up, and small farms that just scrape a living.The study takes into account three current debates that impact these representations of agriculture: 'agribashing', use of pesticides and animal welfare.
Document types: Technical Paper
Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Monogastrics, Ovines, Porcines, Ruminants, Poultry
Keywords:Livestock buildings, Living environment, One Welfare, Livestock system
Rapport du CGAAER n° 21124 – Mission d’appui à la filière lapin de chair
Published in 2023
This report reminds us of the importance of farming conditions in ensuring the good treatment of rabbits. It also describes the initiatives taken by the rabbit industry to improve animal welfare. It provides a series of recommendations for the various stakeholders in the industry.
Document Types: Opinions
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Enrichment, Housing, Breeding and rearing systems
A pilot study about on-farm assessment of health and welfare in rabbits kept in different housing systems
Published in 2022
Scientific article comparing the health and welfare levels of breeding rabbits living with their litters and of growing rabbits in four different housing systems: two unenriched cage systems, enriched cages and pens. Although it does not reveal major health differences, it does identify management and environmental factors other than housing that can influence health and welfare.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords: Animal-based measurements, Animaladaptation, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Robustness, Welfare indicators
Owner demographic factors are associated with suitable pet rabbit housing provision in the United Kingdom
Published in 2022
Scientific study showing that, while unsuitable housing for pet rabbits is found in the homes of owners of all ages, genders and living standards, certain demographic owner characteristics are more frequently associated with poor housing conditions, creating a useful target audience to improve the welfare of these pets.
Document Types: Scientific paper
Animal categories:Monogastric
Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Human-animal relationships
