Family break-up in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) housed in enlarged cage systems as families

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-127

  Ahola, Leena ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Foxes; Fur farming; Social behaviour; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0036188178     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-001-0057-7     Document Type: Article

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