Effect of environmental stress and immobilization on stress physiological variables in farmed mink

The effect of cage size and nest box environment on plasma cortisol, number of eosinophil leucocytes, and on frequency of leucocyte groups was measured on 132 farmed mink. The experiment included three cage sizes (0.10 m2, 0.27 m2, and 1.1 m2) and cages with and without nest boxes. Furthermore, the effect of daily immobilization a […]