Fluctuating asymmetry in relation to stress and social status in inbred male Lewis rats

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Sørensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Stub, C ^a   Jegstrup, I M ^b   Ritskes Hoitinga, M ^b   Hansen, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21844445051     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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