To enrich or not to enrich: Providing shelter does not complicate handling of laboratory mice

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 18-21

  Moons, Christel P H ^a   Van Wiele, Peggy ^b   Ödberg, Frank O ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAGE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3543111973     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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