Short and long term influence of an easy applicable enrichment device on the behaviour of the laboratory mouse

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 113-118

  Van Loo, P L P ^a   Van De Weerd, H A ^a   Baumans, V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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