At the moment we are working on following on-going projects:
- Recognition of osteoarthritis in pet rabbits.
Collaboration project of PetBone and FaunaFysio research groups of University of Helsinki.
- Physiology of the rabbit: calcium, vitamin D and dental quality. Collaboration project of University of Helsinki, University of Zürich and AgroVet-Strickhof.
- Dental disease in rabbits.
Collaboration project of University of Helsinki, University of Zürich and AgroVet-Strickhof.
- Skeletal health of wild rabbits.
University of Helsinki
During the past 10 years, following research projects have been carried out by Rabbit Health Research in collaboration with different research groups:
2015:
Health survey of 167 pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Finland.
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1136/vr.103213
2018:
Tibial bone density, cross-sectional geometry and strength in Finnish pet rabbits: a peripheral quantitative computed tomography study.
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1136/vr.104419
Survey of welfare and housing of Finnish pet rabbits.
https://dspace.emu.ee/items/fa96e6ad-1633-4cdf-aff9-bc984b9b2e5a
2019:
Diet is a main source of vitamin D in Finnish pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpn.13...
Survey of health disorders in Finnish pet rabbits - questionnaire study. (Lemmikkikanien tavallisimmat terveysongelmat ja terveyskartoitus Suomessa).
2020:
Vitamin D and bone health in pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/31d9d23d-fedc-44d1...
The relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone concentration in assessing vitamin D deficiency in pet rabbits.
Fractures among Finnish pet rabbits.
2022:
Seroprevalence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and risk-factor assessment for Encephalitozoon cuniculi seroprevalence in Finnish pet rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35109904/
Prospective survey of neoplastic and non-neoplastic uterine disorders in 116 domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
2024:
Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in southern Finland.
https://actavetscand.biomedcentral.com/articles/10...
Serum vitamin D concentrations in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) are more affected by UVB irradiation of food than irradiation of animals.