Observations on the prevalence of nest-building in non-breeding TO strain mice and their use of two nesting materials

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Sherwin, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Mice; Nesting behaviour; Preferences; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030906893     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780600134     Document Type: Article

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