Housing and welfare in laboratory rats: welfare implications of isolation and social contact among caged males

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-347

  Hurst, J L ^a   Barnard, C J ^a   Nevison, C M ^a   West, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Isolation; Pathophysiology; Rat; Social stress; Time budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010263169     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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