An assessment of laboratory mouse welfare in UK animal units

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-187

  Leach, M C ^a   Main, D C J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal based outcome measures; Assessment; Laboratory mice; Resource input measures; UK animal units

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAGE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 42549094631     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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