Running-wheel activity and body composition in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 541-544

  Gattermann, Rolf ^a   Weinandy, René ^a   Fritzsche, Peter ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Crude fat; Hamster; TOBEC; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EVALUATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RUNNING; TREADMILL;

EID: 3242799652     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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