Selection for behavioural traits in farm mink

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-148

  Hansen, Steffen Werner ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

domestication; mink; selection; temperament; welfare

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN MINK; FEAR; HUMAN CONTACT;

MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0030586398     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(96)01045-3     Document Type: Article

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