Simply a nest? Effects of different enrichments on stereotypic and anxiety-related behaviour in mice

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 239-245

  Gross, Alexandra Nam Mi ^a,b   Engel, Anna Katarina Julia ^a   Würbel, Hanno ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Anxiety; Environmental enrichment; Laboratory mice; Novelty; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; NEST; NESTING; RODENT; SHELTER; VIDEOGRAPHY; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MUS;

EID: 80053243919     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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