The nutrition of the female mink (Mustela vison). I. The metabolic rate of the mink

Abstract

The resting heat production of two female mink subjected to different ambient temperatures was minimal at 25 ± 2 °C. These animals, when exposed to temperatures above 29 °C and to a high relative humidity, became restless, but showed no such discomfort at temperatures close to 0 °C.The basal heat production (76.5 kcal/W^0.73) of three sleeping female mink was within the range that would be predicted from work with other species.