A note on reward-related behaviour and emotional expressions in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)-Basis for a novel tool to study animal welfare

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Moe, Randi O ^a   Bakken, Morten ^a   Kittilsen, Silje ^a   Kingsley Smith, Helene ^a   Spruijt, Berry M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Conditioned learning; Emotions; Fur animals; Positive welfare; Predictability; Reward related behaviour; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONDITIONING; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FELID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33750964015     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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