Disruptive effects of standard husbandry practice on laboratory rat social discrimination

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-133

  Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Mendl, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Husbandry procedures; Laboratory rat; Social discrimination; Social disruption; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECOGNITION; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; URINE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 2342468785     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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