Recommendations for the housing and care of domestic cats in laboratories

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Rochlitz, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Environmental enrichment; Housing; Laboratory; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HOUSING; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033978009     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367700780577939     Document Type: Review

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