Preference for different types of flooring in two rat strains

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 251-261

  Van De Weerd, H A ^a   Van Den Broek, F A R ^b   Baumans, V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bedding; Housing; Preference tests; Rats; Wire mesh floor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010616263     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1591(95)00654-0     Document Type: Article

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