Preferences for nest boxes as environmental enrichment for laboratory mice

Animal Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-25

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Mice; Nest boxes; Preference tests

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0003257575     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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