Effect of cage dimensions on welfare and production of farmed blue fox;Wpływ wymiarów klatki na dobrostan i produkcję fermowych lisów niebieskich

Annals of Animal Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-324

  Korhonen, Hannu T ^a   Orjala, Hanna ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Enlarged cage; Housing conditions; Production result

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649492926     PISSN: 16423402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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