@article{MAKHILLJAVA2010932033,
    title = {Collaborating Students as Caretakers for Maintaining a University Farm for Teaching in Rabbit Farming},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {9},
    number = {3},
    pages = {508-513},
    year = {2010},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2010.508.513},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2010.508.513},
    author = {V.M.,M.,J.M.,F.P. and},
    keywords = {animal sciences,teaching farm,caretaker,Education,students,rabbit},
    abstract = {The viability of maintaining a farm for teaching in Rabbit Farming at the Faculty of Agriculture (University of Seville, Spain) using collaborating students and the collaborating students&#146; perception of the educational usefulness of the activity were analysed. The collaborating students, organised into groups of three, spent 1.55&plusmn;1.04 h day<SUP>-1</SUP> in cleaning, feeding and taking care of the rabbits. They regarded the activity as being quite easy (mean&plusmn;SD = 2.44&plusmn;2.50, where 10 = extremely difficult) and compatible (9.19&plusmn;1.10, where 10 = totally compatible) with their other academic activities. The coordination between the collaborating students within each group was high (8.53&plusmn;2.14 with 10 = totally coordinated). Most of them (85.3%) opined that a group of three people was an appropriate size for the working subgroups. The degree of the collaborating students&#146; independence with regard to the professors in undertaking their tasks was noteworthy (7.82&plusmn;2.14 where 10 = totally independent). The collaborating students regarded the activity as highly useful (7.57&plusmn;2.20 where 10 = very useful) for acquiring skills in animal production. Overall collaborating student satisfaction with the activity was high (9.18&plusmn;1.71, where 10 = completely satisfactory). Maintaining a teaching farm using collaborating students is viable since they perform their tasks efficiently and regarded the activity as highly useful for acquiring skills in animal science.}
    }