Repetitive backflipping behaviour in captive roof rats (Rattus rattus) and the effects of cage enrichment

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-152

  Callard, M D ^a   Bursten, S N ^b   Price, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Development; Environmental enrichment; Roof rat; Stereotyped behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001030448     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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