Selection against stereotypic behaviour may have contradictory consequences for the welfare of farm mink (Mustela vison)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 110-119

  Svendsen, Pernille Maj ^a   Hansen, Bente Krogh ^b   Malmkvist, Jens ^b   Hansen, Steffen Werner ^b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Jeppesen, Leif Lau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Faecal cortisol metabolites; Mink; Selection; Stereotypies; Temperament; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HORMONE; MUSTELID; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 34548490544     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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