Preference of Syrian hamsters to nest in old versus new bedding

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 189-194

  Veillette, Mélisa ^a   Reebs, Stéphan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Bedding; Cage cleaning frequency; Shelter; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 77951807263     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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