Parturient behaviour in farmed mink (Mustela vison) in relation to early kit mortality

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 120-132

  Malmkvist, Jens ^a   Gade, Mette ^a,b   Damm, Birgitte Iversen ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth problems; Inter birth interval; Maternal behaviour; Mink; Parturition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 34548505313     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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