The postnatal development of swimming behavior in the rabbit.
Adult rabbits make flexion and extension movements with fore- and hindlimbs while swimming. This type of behavior develops between 8 and 15 days after birth. It is concluded that by observing swimming movements the maturation of subcortical structures related to locomotion can be studied in unrestrained rabbits.
D000818:Animals; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000254:growth & development*; D012107:Research Design