The behavioural and physiological responses of farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) penned adjacent to other species

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 163-175

  Abeyesinghe, S M ^a   Goddard, P J ^a   Cockram, M S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abattoir; Inter species responses; Physiology; Red deer; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0031407837     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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