The effects of enriching laboratory cages using various physical structures on multiple measures of welfare in singly-housed rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Abou Ismail, Usama A ^a   Mahboub, Hamada D ^b  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Laboratory rats; Multiple enrichment; Single housing; Welfare measures

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAT; SLEEP; SPLEEN; STRESS; THYMUS; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80054702723     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2011.010149     Document Type: Article

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