Factors associated with hare mortality during coursing

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-434

  Reid, Niel ^a   McDonald, R A ^b   Montgomery, W I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Centeral Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Field sports; Hunting with dogs; Lepus timidus; Mountain hare; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOG; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HARE; IRELAND; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; RUNNING; SPORT; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 35948933483     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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