An ethological approach to housing requirements of golden hamsters, Mongolian gerbils and fat sand rats in the laboratory - A review

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-195

  Sorensen D B ^a   Krohn, T ^a   Hansen, H N ^b   Ottesen, J L ^b   Hansen, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fat sand rat; Gerbil; Hamster; Housing; Meriones unguiculatus; Mesocricetus auratus; Psammomys obesus

Indexed keywords

RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS;

EID: 26244446046     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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