In recent years there has been an increasing concern for the welfare of animals in the fur production, especially regarding the housing conditions. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of two different housing environments with different access to resources on adult silver fox vixens’ social behaviour during autumn. Agonistic interactions, different play behaviour, grooming and resting behaviour were studied in particular, in addition to weight gain and occurrence of wounds. The silver fox vixens were separated in two groups and housed in pairs. Vixens in group 1 (n=9 pairs) were housed in two standard wire mesh cages linked together. The cages contained two top nest boxes, two resting shelves, and two food trays. Vixens in group...
The effects of cage size and an obstructed view from the cage on the use of wooden non walled restin...
ABSTRACT A behavioral study made of breeding sows in open housing stalls on a farm in Dalsland, Swed...
The study was conducted on 295 vixens of the silver fox, coming from two farms located in the Wielko...
Traditionally farmed silver fox cubs are raised after weaning either in pairs or singly in a traditi...
The present study included two procedures, both aimed at improving animal welfare: early handling an...
On the basis of daily activity in the home cage and the open field test the effect of the internal d...
The effects of cage size and an obstructed view from the cage on the use of wooden non walled restin...
The aim of the present work was to study social relationships and reproductivity in captive arctic b...
Despite being protected since 1930 in Norway, the arctic fox has not recovered. The small population...
Telemetry is one of the most important tools of wildlife research. It provides information about dis...
Despite being protected since 1930 in Norway, the arctic fox has not recovered. The small population...
Dmitry Belyayev was a geneticist who wanted to know why domesticated animals showed common traits in...
For animals, such as the guinea pig, which are obtained from breeders, it is of legal as well as of ...
On the basis of daily activity in the home cage and the open field test the effect of the internal d...
The aim of the thesis was to conduct an ethological study, carried out in the Zoo Hluboká nad Vltavo...
The effects of cage size and an obstructed view from the cage on the use of wooden non walled restin...
ABSTRACT A behavioral study made of breeding sows in open housing stalls on a farm in Dalsland, Swed...
The study was conducted on 295 vixens of the silver fox, coming from two farms located in the Wielko...
Traditionally farmed silver fox cubs are raised after weaning either in pairs or singly in a traditi...
The present study included two procedures, both aimed at improving animal welfare: early handling an...
On the basis of daily activity in the home cage and the open field test the effect of the internal d...
The effects of cage size and an obstructed view from the cage on the use of wooden non walled restin...
The aim of the present work was to study social relationships and reproductivity in captive arctic b...
Despite being protected since 1930 in Norway, the arctic fox has not recovered. The small population...
Telemetry is one of the most important tools of wildlife research. It provides information about dis...
Despite being protected since 1930 in Norway, the arctic fox has not recovered. The small population...
Dmitry Belyayev was a geneticist who wanted to know why domesticated animals showed common traits in...
For animals, such as the guinea pig, which are obtained from breeders, it is of legal as well as of ...
On the basis of daily activity in the home cage and the open field test the effect of the internal d...
The aim of the thesis was to conduct an ethological study, carried out in the Zoo Hluboká nad Vltavo...
The effects of cage size and an obstructed view from the cage on the use of wooden non walled restin...
ABSTRACT A behavioral study made of breeding sows in open housing stalls on a farm in Dalsland, Swed...
The study was conducted on 295 vixens of the silver fox, coming from two farms located in the Wielko...