The response of C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ mice to increased housing density

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 740-753

  Nicholson, Anthony ^a,d   Malcolm, Rachel D ^a   Russ, Phillip L ^a   Cough, Kristin ^a   Touma, Chadi ^b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Wiles, Michael V ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Nicholson Anesthesia and Comparative Phenotyping Consultancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CAGE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEMATOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSING DENSITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74049094462     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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