Use of in-cage shelters by laboratory rats

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-103

  Townsend, P ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Enrichment; Housing; Rats; Shelters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001900160     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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