The effect of an environmental enrichment device on individually caged rabbits in a safety assessment facility

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 27-30

  Johnson, Colena A ^a   Pallozzi, Wendi A ^a   Geiger, Leann ^c   Szumiloski, John L ^a   Castiglia, Lynn ^d   Dahl, Noelle P ^a   Destefano, James A ^a   Pratt, Stacy J ^a   Hall, Steven J ^b   Beare, Carolann M ^b   Gallagher Alat, Michael ^a   Klein, Hilton J ^a  

^a Dept of Laboratory Animal Resources ^*  (United States)

^b Acute Toxicology   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEMATOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SAFETY; STRESS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RABBITS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0141783858     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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