Preferences of mice and rats for types of bedding material

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-244

  Blom, H J M ^a   Van Tintelen, G ^b   Van Vorstenbosch, C J A H V ^a   Baumans, V ^a   Beynen, A C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bedding; Behaviour; Environment; Mouse; Preference; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BED; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT;

EID: 0029682703     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780684890     Document Type: Article

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