Early social experience influences the development of stereotypic behaviour in captive-born striped mice Rhabdomys

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-75

  Jones, Megan Anne ^a   Mason, Georgia ^b   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Early experience; Paternal care; Social enrichment; Stereotypic behaviour; Striped mouse; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; PARENTAL CARE; RODENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RHABDOMYS;

EID: 75949121528     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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