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Pelt Biting as a Practical Indicator of Social and Environment Stress in Farmed Red Deer

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Agonistic behavioural interactions play a decisive role in the competition for food, space, mating opportunities, and establishing social rank. We propose the use of the number of bites on the pelt of red deer as an index of agonistic interactions between group members. Using behavio...

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Autores principales: Pérez-Barbería, Francisco Javier, García, Andrés José, López-Quintanilla, María, Landete-Castillejos, Tomás
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827865
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11113134