A note on the effects of an unobstructed view on cage choices in farmed foxes

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Mononen, Jaakko ^a   Harri, Mikko ^a   Sepponen, Juhani ^a   Ahola, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Blue fox; Fur farming; Preference; Silver fox; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032517854     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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