Apparatus for collection of fecal samples from undisturbed spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) living in a complex social group

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Frynta, Daniel ^a   Nováková, Marcela ^a,b   Kutalová, Hana ^a   Palme, Rupert ^c   Sedláček, František ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HOUSING; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMELLING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MURINAE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 64549151047     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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