Housing and welfare in laboratory rats: The welfare implications of social isolation and social contact among females

Animal Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-136

  Hurst, J L ^a   Barnard, C J ^b   Nevison, C M ^b   West, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Female; Isolation; Pathophysiology; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Time budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344111331     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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