Novel food items as environmental enrichment for rodents and rabbits

Lab Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 119-120

  Brown, Cyndi ^a  

^a Ocean State Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 62949096158     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0409-119     Document Type: Article

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