Running in a running wheel substitutes for stereotypies in mink (Mustela vison) but does it improve their welfare?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Hansen, Steffen W ^a   Damgaard, Birthe M ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural selection; Cortisol corticosteroid; Daily rhythm; Mink; Restricted feeding; Stereotypy; Wheel running activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LOCOMOTION; MUSTELID; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 62549099603     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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