Welfare Impacts of Pindone Poisoning in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

被引：7
作者：
Fisher, Penny [1 ]
Brown, Samantha [1 ]
Arrow, Jane [1 ]
机构：
[1] Landcare Res, POB 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
来源：
ANIMALS | 2016年 / 6卷 / 03期
关键词：
animal welfare; anticoagulant; rabbit; pindone; poisoning;
D O I：
10.3390/ani6030019
中图分类号：
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号：
0905 ;
摘要：
The nature and duration of the effects of pindone poisoning in rabbits were evaluated through observational monitoring of affected animals and necropsy. Using the resulting data in a formal assessment framework, the welfare impacts of pindone poisoning were ranked as relatively higher than other vertebrate toxic agents currently used for rabbit control. Control methods used to manage unwanted impacts of the European rabbit in Australia and New Zealand include the use of toxic bait containing the anticoagulant pindone. Towards increased certainty in evaluating the animal welfare impacts of pindone poisoning in rabbits, we recorded behavioral and post-mortem data from rabbits which ingested lethal quantities of pindone bait in a laboratory trial. Pindone poisoning in rabbits resulted in welfare compromise, primarily through functional impairments related to internal haemorrhage over a maximum duration of 7 days. Applying this data to a formal assessment framework for ranking animal welfare impacts indicated that pindone had relatively high severity and also duration of welfare impacts in comparison to other rabbit control methods.
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