Mating time and litter size in farm mink selected for confident or timid behaviour

Animal Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-525

  Malmkvist, J ^a   Houbak, B ^a   Hansen, S W ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Domestication; Mink; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0031520661     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008730     Document Type: Article

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