Are the effects of different enrichment designs on the physiology and behaviour of DBA/2 mice consistent?

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 314-327

  Tsai, P P ^a   Stelzer, H D ^a   Hedrich, H J ^b   Hackbarth, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; DBA 2 mice; Environmental enrichment; Haematology; Organ weights

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEART WEIGHT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142062154     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367703322389889     Document Type: Article

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