Effects of group housing in an enlarged cage system on growth, bite wounds and adrenal cortex function in farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-412

  Ahola, L ^a   Harri, M ^a   Kasanen, S ^a   Mononen, J ^a   Pyykonen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Bite wounds; Fur farming; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009954514     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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