Cage size preference in rats in the laboratory

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-72

  Patterson Kane, Emily G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS;

EID: 0038321613     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327604JAWS0501_5     Document Type: Article

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