Environmental enrichment reduces the performance of stereotypic circling behaviour in captive common seals (Phoca vitulina)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-63

  Grindrod, J A E ^a,b   Cleaver, J A ^a,c  

^a Sea Life Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Common seal; Environmental enrichment; Stereotypic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346511497     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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