Figure 1.

Rabbits were scored on a scale of 1 (most compliant) to 5 (most resistant) when scruffed and removed from their cages (removal), when transported to and from the treatment room (transport), and for overall behavior (overall). Bars indicate the mean scores of handled (gray bars) and control (black bars) group rabbits for each evaluation; error bars indicate the value of 1 SD about each mean. *, Value significantly (at the 95% level, Mann–Whitney U test) different from their corresponding controls.