Effects of housing density and cage floor space on three strains of young adult inbred mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-376

  Smith, Abigail L ^a,c   Mabus, Sarah L ^a   Muir, Cameron ^b   Woo, Yong ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33646014479     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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