Who's afraid of the big bad glove? Testing for fear and its correlates in mink

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 254-264

  Meagher, Rebecca K ^a   Duncan, Ian ^a   Bechard, Allison ^a   Mason, Georgia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fear; Mink; Reliability; Reproductive success; Temperament; Validity; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSTELID; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 79960238272     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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