The revision of European housing guidelines for laboratory animals: Expectations from the point of view of animal welfare

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1A, 2004, Pages 187-190

  Sauer, Ursula G ^a  

^a Animal Welfare Academy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Ethological needs; Housing guidelines; Physiological needs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ETHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LEGAL ASPECT; LOCOMOTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WELLBEING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042569522     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290403201s31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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