Demographic correlates of bite wounding in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles L., in stable and perturbed populations
In the U.K., Eurasian badgers often live in social groups and defend a collective territory. Aggressive encounters between badgers may lead to bite wounds, which can be severe and may be a potential route of disease transmission. Using data obtained over a 5-year period, we compared patterns of bite wounding in three badger populations of […]
Effects of group housing in an enlarged cage system on growth, bite wounds and adrenal cortex function in farmed blue foxes (Alopex Lagopus)
It has been claimed that the present farming environment does not meet foxes’ needs for social behaviour. In this study we measured the welfare of farmed blue foxes, Alopex lagopus, housed in two different social and spatial conditions: i) traditional housing (group T) where a male and a female cub were housed together and their […]