Let sleeping rats lie: Does the timing of husbandry procedures affect laboratory rat behaviour, physiology and welfare?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Abou Ismail, Usama A ^a,b   Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Nicol, Christine J ^a   Mendl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Husbandry procedures; Laboratory rats; Sleep; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SLEEP;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 41949100592     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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