The effect of social environment on the immune response of female common voles in matriarchal laboratory groups

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 289-296

  Heise, S R ^a,b   Van Acker, A ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Dominance; Hemagglutination; Immune response; Matriarchal breeding groups; Microtinae; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLE;

EID: 0034319226     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00332-2     Document Type: Article

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