Working with what you've got: Changes in thermal preference and behavior in mice with or without nesting material

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Gaskill, Brianna N ^a   Rohr, Stephanie A ^a   Pajor, Edmond A ^a,c   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^b   Garner, Joseph P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Home cage; Mice; Nesting material; Temperature preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MATERIALS; MOUSE; NESTING; NESTING MATERIAL; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE PREFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79955003354     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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