Work for food - A solution to restricting food intake in group housed rats?

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-90

  Kemppinen, Niina ^a   Meller, Anna ^a   Mauranen, Kari ^b   Kohila, Tarja ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISCHER 344 RAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; RAT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 55349125731     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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