Effects of space allowance and earthen floor on welfare-related physiological and behavioural responses in male blue foxes

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 571-580

  Korhonen, Hannu ^a   Niemelä, Paavo ^a   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^b   Tupasela, Tuomo ^b  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FOX; HOUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 0034210507     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00215-8     Document Type: Article

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