Diversity and novelty in environmental enrichment increases enrichment use in juvenile American mink (Neogale vison)

It is standard practice on mink farms in Canada to provide one manipulable environmental enrichment (EE) in each cage to benefit animal health and welfare, and once an enrichment is introduced, it must remain in the cage for the duration of that animal’s life. However, mink might habituate to perman...

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Main Authors: Gabrielle B. Clark, María Díez-León, Rebecca K. Meagher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Animal Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1228533/full