Juvenile farmed mink (Mustela vison) with additional access to swimming water play more frequently than animals housed with a cylinder and platform, but without swimming water

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Vinke, C M ^a   van Leeuwen, J ^a   Spruijt, B M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Coping capacity; Enrichment; Mink; Needs; Play behaviour

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; MINK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PLAY; REARING; STIMULATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 13644260102     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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