The assessment of bar chewing as an escape behaviour in laboratory mice

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Lewis, R S ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bar chewing; Escape; Mice; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1042280293     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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