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Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour (2016)
Journal Article
Diez-Leon, M., Bursian, S., Galicia, D., Napolitano, A., Palme, R., & Mason, G. (2016). Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 177, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2015.12.002

Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison) (2016)
Journal Article
Diez-Leon, M., & Mason, G. (2016). Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison). Zoo Biology, 35(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21249

In several species, stress compromises maternal behaviors that are important for infant viability (e.g. licking and grooming). Understanding how stress in captivity affects maternal behavior could therefore be beneficial, especially for carnivores in... Read More about Effects of environmental enrichment on aspects of maternal behavior, and infant growth and mortality, in American mink (Neovison vison).