Preferences for nesting material as environmental enrichment for laboratory mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-143

  Van De Weerd, H A ^a,c   Van Loo, P L P ^a   Van Zutphen, L F M ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^b   Baumans, V ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Mice; Nestbuilding; Nesting material; Preference tests

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COTTON; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPER; WELLBEING; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0031008344     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780600152     Document Type: Article

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