Changes in the welfare of mink (Neovison vison) with date of assessment in the winter and growth periods have limited effects on the overall WelFur categorisation
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, feasibility, mink production, reliability, welfare assessment, welfur
2019
The representativeness of a semi-random sampling method for animal welfare assessments on mink farms
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, feasibility, mink, on-farm welfare assessment, simulation study, welfur
2019
Boredom-like states in mink and their behavioural correlates: A replicate study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, emotional states, environmental enrichment, inactivity, neovison vison, sensation-seeking
2017
The concept of behavioural needs in contemporary fur science: do we know what American mink (Mustela vison) really need?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: american mink, animal housing, animal welfare, behavioural needs, ethics, swimming
2017
Mate choice screening in captive solitary carnivores: The role of male behavior and cues on mate preference and paternity in females of a model species, American mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: american mink, breeding success, mate choice, mate preference, olfaction
2017
Towards a taxonomy of stereotypic behaviours in the American mink (Neovison vison), a model Carnivore: Homogeneous or heterogeneous?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, american mink, animal welfare, behavioural sequence, ethogram, stereotypic behaviour
2017
Effects of environmental enrichment and stereotypic behavior on maternal behavior and infant viability in a model carnivore, the American mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, captive breeding, infant mortality, mustelids
2016
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016
Personality matters: Consistency of inter-individual variation in shyness-boldness across non-breeding and pre-breeding season despite a fall in general shyness levels in farmed American mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal personality, breeding season, intra-individual variation, motivation, shyness-boldness
2016
Early transfer of mated females into the maternity unit reduces stress and increases maternal care in farm mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, hpa axis, maternal behaviour, neovison vison aka mustela vison, nest building, reproduction, stress
2015