Time of day and stress response to different stressors in experimental animals. Part II Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus Milne Edwards, 1867)

Journal of Experimental Animal Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 109-122

  Weinandy, René ^a,b   Gattermann, Rolf ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Zoologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Cage change; Chronobiology; Grouping; Handling; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GERBIL; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030702846     PISSN: 09398600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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