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Benefits of a Ball and Chain: Simple Environmental Enrichments Improve Welfare and Reproductive Success in Farmed American Mink (Neovison vison)

Can simple enrichments enhance caged mink welfare? Pilot data from 756 sub-adults spanning three colour-types (strains) identified potentially practical enrichments, and suggested beneficial effects on temperament and fur-chewing. Our main experiment started with 2032 Black mink on three farms: from...

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Autores principales: Meagher, Rebecca K., Ahloy Dallaire, Jamie, Campbell, Dana L. M., Ross, Misha, Møller, Steen H., Hansen, Steffen W., Díez-León, María, Palme, Rupert, Mason, Georgia J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25386726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110589

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