Fear-related behaviour in two mouse strains differing in litter size

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-38

  Janczak, A M ^a   Braastad, B O ^a   Bakken, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Anxiety; Behavioural strategy; Fear; Mouse; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002033710     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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