Does structural enrichment for toxicology studies improve zebrafish welfare?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Wilkes, Luanne ^a,b   Owen, Stewart F ^b   Readman, Gareth D ^b   Sloman, Katherine A ^c   Wilson, Rod W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behaviour; Cortisol; Toxicology; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REFUGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; STEROID; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84861570314     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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