000130592 001__ 130592 000130592 005__ 20240319081000.0 000130592 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jveb.2021.11.012 000130592 0248_ $$2sideral$$a128144 000130592 037__ $$aART-2022-128144 000130592 041__ $$aeng 000130592 100__ $$aGonzález-Martínez, Á. 000130592 245__ $$aEpidemiology of behavioural problems in pet rabbits: An owners’ survey 000130592 260__ $$c2022 000130592 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000130592 5203_ $$aThe present paper was designated to assess the perceived frequency of problematic rabbit behavior in a sample of pet rabbit owners and to characterize this behavior. For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered to 423 rabbit owners from Spain and Latin America. The collected data was processed descriptively and using multiple correspondence analysis (MCA). Results indicated that, among the studied population, the most common behavior problems according to owners’ perception were inappropriate elimination followed by non-social fear, destructive behavior and compulsive disorders. Rabbits generally showed more than just one behavioral problem; there seemed to be an association between non-social fear and destructive behavior as well as between owner-directed aggression and owner-directed fear. MCA indicated that the studied behavior problems were more frequent in entire females. Rabbits acquired before weaning and, to a lesser extent, between weaning and puberty were more likely to show compulsive disorders and inappropriate urine elimination. These two behavior problems seemed to be also more common in rabbits from breeders and pet stores. Such data support previous findings and provide new information in the field of epidemiology of behavioral problems in pet rabbits. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. 000130592 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000130592 590__ $$a1.8$$b2022 000130592 591__ $$aVETERINARY SCIENCES$$b50 / 144 = 0.347$$c2022$$dQ2$$eT2 000130592 591__ $$aBEHAVIORAL SCIENCES$$b40 / 52 = 0.769$$c2022$$dQ4$$eT3 000130592 592__ $$a0.57$$b2022 000130592 593__ $$aVeterinary (miscellaneous)$$c2022$$dQ1 000130592 594__ $$a4.2$$b2022 000130592 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000130592 700__ $$aCastro, S. 000130592 700__ $$aCamino, F. 000130592 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1728-900X$$aRosado, B.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130592 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7610-6344$$aLuño-Muniesa, I.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000130592 700__ $$aDiéguez, F. J. 000130592 7102_ $$11009$$2617$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Patología Animal$$cÁrea Medicina y Cirugía Animal 000130592 773__ $$g49 (2022), 65-70$$pJournal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research$$tJournal of Veterinary Behavior$$x1558-7878 000130592 8564_ $$s324984$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130592/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000130592 8564_ $$s771098$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130592/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000130592 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:130592$$particulos$$pdriver 000130592 951__ $$a2024-03-18-14:03:31 000130592 980__ $$aARTICLE