The effects of group-housing and relative weight on feeding behaviour in rats

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-209

  Georgsson, Lotta ^a,b,c   Barrett, Jennifer ^a   Gietzen, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

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EID: 23044457573     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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