Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)
The current European recommendations require that platforms in the cages of farm foxes should have solid sides. The present study aimed to clarify how such a obstructed view affects platform use in farmbred blue foxes (Alopex lagopus). Experimental groups with open (16 males, 14 females) and walled...
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Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
2008-12-01
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| author | H. T. KORHONEN P. NIEMELÄ |
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| description | The current European recommendations require that platforms in the cages of farm foxes should have solid sides. The present study aimed to clarify how such a obstructed view affects platform use in farmbred blue foxes (Alopex lagopus). Experimental groups with open (16 males, 14 females) and walled (16 males, 14 females) platforms were compared from weaning to pelting. Both platform types were 110 em long x 30 em wide. Walled platforms had 23 em high walls at the ends and rear, but open ones were without walls. Data were collected by daytime scanning observations and 24-h video recordings. Results for both sexes were parallel, showing that foxes significantly (p |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8aaab8885e4f4a11ac01aeb2ee508d0f2022-12-22T03:17:45ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18952008-12-0152Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)H. T. KORHONENP. NIEMELÄThe current European recommendations require that platforms in the cages of farm foxes should have solid sides. The present study aimed to clarify how such a obstructed view affects platform use in farmbred blue foxes (Alopex lagopus). Experimental groups with open (16 males, 14 females) and walled (16 males, 14 females) platforms were compared from weaning to pelting. Both platform types were 110 em long x 30 em wide. Walled platforms had 23 em high walls at the ends and rear, but open ones were without walls. Data were collected by daytime scanning observations and 24-h video recordings. Results for both sexes were parallel, showing that foxes significantly (phttps://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5511 |
| spellingShingle | H. T. KORHONEN P. NIEMELÄ Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) Agricultural and Food Science |
| title | Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) |
| title_full | Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) |
| title_fullStr | Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) |
| title_short | Comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes (Alopex lagopus) |
| title_sort | comparison between the use of open and walled platforms by juvenile blue foxes alopex lagopus |
| url | https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/5511 |
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