Litter size predicts adult stereotypic behavior in female laboratory mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-411

  Bechard, Allison ^a,b   Nicholson, Anthony ^c   Mason, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; INBRED STRAIN; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGENY; STEREOTYPY; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

MUS;

EID: 84864428269     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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