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. 2020 Jan 9;18(1):e05944. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5944

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Example of a floor pen. This system is a niche system that uses indoor deep litter parks with plastic platforms for group housing of reproducing does or growing rabbits; males may be also present. No standards are available but, as a rule, they are large open‐top pens based on solid floors with litter. The example in the picture uses solid walls between pens, two platforms with plastic slatted flooring, and closed nest boxes provided with plastic footrests. Nipple drinkers are used for automatic water distribution, whereas a circular feeder to be filled manually is used for the diet provision. The pens are also equipped with a rack to provide hay for feeding and gnawing