A spatial judgement task to determine background emotional state in laboratory rats, Rattus norvegicus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 801-809

  Burman, Oliver H P ^a   Parker, Richard ^a   Paul, Elizabeth S ^a   Mendl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal welfare; cognition; emotion; laboratory rat; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COGNITION; LABORATORY METHOD; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 49149093737     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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