COMPORTEMENT ALIMENTAIRE DU LAPIN DE GARENNE EN CAPTIVITÉ
Open Access
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Animal Research
- Vol. 25 (3) , 407-410
- https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:19760311
Abstract
Feeding behavior characteristics of 6 wild rabbits raised in cages and receiving water and pellets were recorded. Eating frequencies, amounts absorbed and distribution of consumption during the circadian cycle were analyzed. In comparison with domestic rabbits, wild rabbits seldom ate during the period between 1 h before switching on the light and 2-3 h before switching off the light. They sometimes ate a small solid meal in the middle of the light period. The water to feed ratio (1.20-1.30) was substantially lower than in domestic rabbits of the same age placed in the same conditions.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Analysis of feeding patterns in normal and vagotomized rabbitsPhysiology & Behavior, 1975