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1 in 5 rabbit owners in the UK report painful or debilitating ear disease in their pet, though it may be under-diagnosed and under-treated, with lop-eared and older rabbits being most at risk

07.19.23 | PLOS

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Ear health and quality of life in pet rabbits of differing ear conformations: A UK survey of owner-reported signalment risk factors and effects on rabbit welfare and behaviour
1 in 5 rabbit owners in the UK report painful or debilitating ear disease in their pet. Credit: Aswathy N, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285372

Article Title: Ear health and quality of life in pet rabbits of differing ear conformations: A UK survey of owner-reported signalment risk factors and effects on rabbit welfare and behaviour

Author Countries: UK

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work. M.R.D.K included some of this questionnaire in part-fulfilment of her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at Royal Veterinary College. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0285372

Ear health and quality of life in pet rabbits of differing ear conformations: A UK survey of owner-reported signalment risk factors and effects on rabbit welfare and behaviour

19-Jul-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Animal Diseases Diseases and Disorders Pet Animals

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0285372
Article Publication Date
2023-07-19
Article Title
Ear health and quality of life in pet rabbits of differing ear conformations: A UK survey of owner-reported signalment risk factors and effects on rabbit welfare and behaviour
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, July 19). 1 in 5 rabbit owners in the UK report painful or debilitating ear disease in their pet, though it may be under-diagnosed and under-treated, with lop-eared and older rabbits being most at risk. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDMZXO8/1-in-5-rabbit-owners-in-the-uk-report-painful-or-debilitating-ear-disease-in-their-pet-though-it-may-be-under-diagnosed-and-under-treated-with-lop-eared-and-older-rabbits-being-most-at-risk.html
MLA:
"1 in 5 rabbit owners in the UK report painful or debilitating ear disease in their pet, though it may be under-diagnosed and under-treated, with lop-eared and older rabbits being most at risk." Brightsurf News, Jul. 19 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDMZXO8/1-in-5-rabbit-owners-in-the-uk-report-painful-or-debilitating-ear-disease-in-their-pet-though-it-may-be-under-diagnosed-and-under-treated-with-lop-eared-and-older-rabbits-being-most-at-risk.html.