The development of on-farm welfare assessment protocols for foxes and mink: The WelFur project

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-371

  Mononen, J ^a   Moller S H ^b   Hansen, S W ^b   Hovland, A L ^c   Koistinen, T ^a   Lidfors, L ^d   Malmkvist, J ^b   Vinke, C M ^e   Ahola, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal based welfare measures; Fox; Fur farming; Input based welfare measures; Mink

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FARM ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOX; MINK; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84864863634     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.21.3.363     Document Type: Review

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