Effects of housing on consummatory successive negative contrast in rats: Wire-bottom cages versus polycarbonate tubs

Lab Animal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Wood, Michael ^a   Daniel, Alan M ^a   Daniels, Egeenee ^b   Papini, Mauricio R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 33645837022     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0306-34     Document Type: Article

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