Nesting material as enrichment in two mouse strains

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Van De Weerd, H A ^a   Baumans, V ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^b   Van Zutphen, L F M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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