Pregnant female guinea pigs adapt easily to a new social environment irrespective of their rearing conditions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Nübold, Thorsten ^a   Rohlmann, Inga ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Females; Guinea pigs; Rearing conditions; Social behavior; Social environment; Social stress; Socialisation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141991277     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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