A survey assessment of the incidence of fur-chewing in commercial chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) farms

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Ponzio, M F ^a   Busso, J M ^a   Ruiz, R D ^a   de Cuneo, M Fiol ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Chinchilla; Fur chewing; Questionnaire survey; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CHINCHILLA; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA;

EID: 35948961155     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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