To swim or not to swim: An interpretation of farmed mink's motivation for a water bath

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-27

  Vinke, Claudia M ^a   Hansen, Steffen W ^b   Mononen, Jaakko ^c   Korhonen, Hannu ^d   Cooper, Jonathan J ^e   Mohaibes, Maarit ^c   Bakken, Morten ^f   Spruijt, Berry M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal housing; Animal welfare; Biological need; Farmed mink; Motivation; Swimming water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELID; SWIMMING; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 41249097306     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.02.006     Document Type: Review

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