Preferences of individually housed TO strain laboratory mice for loose substrate or tubes for sleeping

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-251

  Sherwin, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mice; Nest building; Preferences; Shelters; Tubes; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; SLEEP;

EID: 0029680593     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780684926     Document Type: Article

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