Refinement of gerbil housing and husbandry in the laboratory

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1A, 2004, Pages 163-169

  Waiblinger, Eva ^a,b   König, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Animal Protection SAP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Gerbil; Housing; Husbandry; Refinement; Stereotypies

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERBIL; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 3042567731     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403201s27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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