Validation of the feeding test as an index of fear in farmed blue (Alopex lagopus) and silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 805-810

  Rekilä, Teppo ^a   Harri, Mikko ^a   Ahola, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Farmed foxes; Fearfulness; Feeding test; Human animal interaction; Tit bit test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOX; HABITUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030804155     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00241-2     Document Type: Article

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