Short communication: Rat's demand for group size

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Patterson Kane, Emily P ^a   Hunt, Maree ^a   Harper, David ^a  

^a Department of Behavioural Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; RAT; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STOCKING DENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 19844364922     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0704_4     Document Type: Article

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