Murid stress odours: A review and a low tech' method of collection

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Mason, G J ^a   Dallaire, J ^a   Ware, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarm; Animal welfare; Odour; Rat; Signal; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 68349122466     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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