When is a Wistar a Wistar? Behavioral profiling of outbred Wistar rats from five different suppliers using the MCSF test

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 128-137

  Palm, Sara ^a   Hävermark, Åsa ^a   Meyerson, Bengt J ^a   Nylander, Ingrid ^a   Roman, Erika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

B K Universal; Body weight; Charles River; Harlan; Multivariate concentric square field ; Taconic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY MASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; TESTING METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 82555172151     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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