The effects of individual housing on mice and rats: A review

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-352

  Krohn, T C ^a   Sorensen D B ^a   Ottesen, J L ^b   Hansen, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Individual housing; Isolation; Mice; Rats

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; BED; BODY GROWTH; CAGE; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; GENETIC STRAIN; HEARING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; REVIEW; SLEEP TIME; SMELLING; STANDARDIZATION; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750682659     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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