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

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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
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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.

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