Choice tests with groups of mice: Nestbox, nesting material and tubes as enrichment items for laboratory mice

Journal of Experimental Animal Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-60

  Heizmann, V ^a   Jonas, I ^a   Hirschenauer, K ^a   Havelec, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; Him:OF1; Mice; Nestbox; Nesting material; Preference test; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PAPER; PLACE PREFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031690451     PISSN: 09398600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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