fur (redirected from Animal fur)

fur

short, very fine and soft hair. Valuable as pelts for use in cold climate and high fashion garments.

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fur animal

animals bred or trapped in the wild for their pelts. Includes mink, sable, otter, lapin, ermine, marten.

fur ball

accumulations of fur, swallowed during the natural grooming procedures of cats, can be a cause of vomiting, enteritis and uncommonly intestinal obstruction. Most troublesome in longhaired cats and those with skin disease that prompts more grooming.

fur-bearing animal

see fur animal (above).

fur clipping

chewing of fur by captive mink rendering the pelt useless. A vice apparently caused by cage boredom.

fur mite

see lynxacarusradovsky.

fur seal alopecia

caused in captive seals by overgrooming, a displacement activity. Alopecia occurs on the head and the posterior body, the easiest places for the seal to scratch.