Housing and welfare in laboratory rats: Effects of cage stocking density and behavioural predictors of welfare

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 563-586

  Hurst, J L ^a   Barnard, C J ^a   Tolladay, U ^a   Nevision, C M ^a   West, C D ^a  

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RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032830383     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1165     Document Type: Article

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