Articles | Volume 61, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-359-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-359-2018
Original study
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07 Sep 2018
Original study |  | 07 Sep 2018

The sex ratio in farmed American mink (Neovison vison)

Lidia Felska-Błaszczyk, Natalia Ławrów, Bogdan Lasota, Beata Seremak, Katarzyna Pęzińska-Kijak, Krzysztof Żuk, and Piotr Nowak

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The aim of the study was to analyse the sex ratio of American mink litters in relation to dam's age, gestation length, and time interval between the first and second mating. The observations were carried out on a mink farm located in northern Poland.