Foraging enrichment for laboratory rats

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-312

  Johnson, Shylo R ^a,c   Patterson Kane, E G ^a   Niel, L ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Environmental enrichment; Foraging; Preference; Rats

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GNAWING; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 4043077668     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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