Behaviour in female mink housed in enriched standard cages during winter

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 222-229

  Axelsson, Heléne Maria Kristina ^a   Aldén, Eva ^b   Lidfors, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Housing; Mink; Stereotypic behaviour

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; FARM; FEMALE; MUSTELID; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 70450277270     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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