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• TITLE: Effect of Slaughter-House Offal and Fish Levels on Production Performance in Mink and Blue Fox

  AUTHORS: Hannu T. Korhonen

  KEYWORDS: Farmed Furbearers, Feed Ingredients, Growing, Reproduction, Fur Production

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.4 No.5, September 19, 2014

  ABSTRACT: The present study evaluates growth, fur properties, health condition and reproduction performance in mink (Neovison vison) and blue fox (Vulpes lagopus) during growing-furring and reproduction periods. Diets compared were: Diet A, which was composed of a high amount of slaughter-house offal but less fish products than normal, and diet B, which was composed of low amounts of slaughter-house offal but increased fish production content. Whelping succeeded better in animals on diet B than on diet A. The difference in whelping result between diets was 0.6 kits/mated female for mink (P i.e., 0.8 kits/mated female. Calculated per whelped female, the difference was most pronounced in mink (0.6 kits; P