Leaving home: A study of laboratory mouse pup independence

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Bechard, Allison ^a   Mason, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cage type; Development; Dispersal; Laboratory mice; Maternal care; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; DISPERSAL; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MATERNAL CARE; RODENT; WEANING; WILD POPULATION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79953718820     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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