Long-term effects of cage-cleaning frequency and bedding type on laboratory rat health, welfare, and handleability: A cross-laboratory study

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-370

  Burn, Charlotte C ^a   Peters, Alan ^a   Day, Michael J ^b   Mason, Georgia J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedding substrate; Husbandry; Respiratory pathology; Rodents; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CAGE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYGIENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LUNG; MALE; PAPER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646824434     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367706778476460     Document Type: Article

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