Effects of family housing on behaviour, plasma cortisol and performance in adult female mink (Mustela vison)

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-88

  Pedersen, Vivi ^a   Jeppesen, Leif Lau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fur damage; Group housing; Mink; Physiology; Reproduction; Stereotypies; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035260710     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647001300004826     Document Type: Article

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