Housing environment alters delayed-type hypersensitivity and corticosterone concentrations of individually housed male C57BL/6 mice

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-257

  Neigh, G N ^a,b   Bowers, S L ^a   Korman, B ^a   Nelson, R J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Corticosterone; DTH; Housing; Mouse; Restraint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY MASS; CAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 23044478133     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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