The Laboratory Gerbil

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 327-347

  Waiblinger, Eva ^a  

^a Swiss Animal Protection SAP ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gerbils, proficient diggers and gnawers digging and gnawing opportunities; Infanticide, very rare occuring in males and females; Laboratory gerbil; Laboratory gerbils, well recognised abnormal behaviours stereotypic digging and bar gnawing; Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) widely used species of gerbil, and gerbil like rodents in laboratory; Olfaction and scent marking; Senses and communication sounds, 20 and 150 kHz with peak intensities up to 106 dB; Social organisation extended family groups and sexual suppression; Sudden intra group aggression and group member expulsion; Wild type having agouti brown coat and cream coloured belly

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EID: 84871426665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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