Long-term effects of husbandry procedures on stress-related parameters in male mice of two strains

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-177

  Van Loo, P L P ^a   Van Der Meer, E ^a   Kruitwagen, C L J J ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^b   Van Zutphen, L F M ^a   Baumans, V ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Husbandry; Male mice; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; STRESS; THYMUS; URINE;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; DRINKING; EATING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; ORGAN SIZE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPLEEN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYMUS GLAND; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142044680     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367704322968858     Document Type: Article

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