The Effects of Elevated Platforms and Concealment Screens on the Welfare of Blue Foxes
Nowadays in Europe, farmed blue foxes are kept for most of the year in wire-mesh cages furnished with a platform for resting and observing the environment but without any opportunity for hiding from other faxes or from man. We studied the welfare effects of providing an elevated platform and two types of concealment screens in […]
Gnawing bones as enrichment for farmed blue foxes (Vulpes lagopus)
According to present acts and regulations, farmed foxes shall have a gnawing or other enrichment object in their cages. However, research on the welfare effects of gnawing objects has been scarce. We assessed physiology and health, that is weight development, urinary cortisol-creatinine ratio, serum cortisol level after adrenocorticotropic hormone administration, internal organ masses and incidence […]