Boredom-like exploratory responses in farmed mink reflect states that are rapidly reduced by environmental enrichment, but unrelated to stereotypic behaviour or ‘lying awake’
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105323
Abstract: Abstract Consistent with boredom, prior work has found that mink raised in non-enriched (NE) or enriched (E) conditions differ in their motivations to seek stimulation: NE mink spent more time oriented towards and in contact… read more here.
Keywords: boredom like; mink; exploratory responses; like exploratory ... See more keywords