Effects of housing density on Long Evans and Fischer 344 rats

Lab Animal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 421-428

  Bean, Krystal ^a   Nemelka, Kevin ^a   Canchola, Patrick ^a   Hacker, Sander ^b   Sturdivant, Rodney X ^c   Rico, Pedro J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME;

AGING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 50149116982     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0908-421     Document Type: Article

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