Application of gnawing sticks in rabbit housing

World Rabbit Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Princz, Z ^a   Orova, Z ^a   Nagy, I ^a   Jordan, D ^b   Stuhec I ^b   Luzi, F ^c   Verga, M ^c   Szendro Zs ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural traits; Gnawing sticks; Growing rabbits; Performance; Tree species

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETULA PENDULA; JUNONIA COENIA; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PICEA ABIES; POPULUS NIGRA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SALIX; SALIX ALBA;

EID: 34247637094     PISSN: 12575011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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