Behaviour of silver foxes in traditional breeding boxes and in boxes with an entrance tunnel

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-166

  Braastad, B O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Housing; Maternal behaviour; Nest; Reproduction; Silver fox

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142004141     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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