Human handling promotes compliant behavior in adult laboratory rabbits

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Swennes, Alton G ^a,b,c   Alworth, Leanne C ^a,b   Harvey, Stephen B ^a,b   Jones, Carolyn A ^a   King, Christopher S ^a,b   Crowell Davis, Sharon L ^b  

^a University Research Animal Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); RABBITS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79952657711     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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