Mirrors as potential environmental enrichment for individually housed laboratory mice

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Sherwin, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Mice; Mirror; Preference; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642541940     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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