Individual housing of female mice: Influence on postsurgical behaviour and recovery

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-334

  Jirkof, Paulin ^a,b   Cesarovic, Nikola ^b   Rettich, Andreas ^a   Fleischmann, Thea ^a   Arras, Margarete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Individual housing; Mice; Postsurgical recovery; Refinement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; BURROWING SPECIES; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GROOMING; LAPAROTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARBAZOLES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LAPAROTOMY; METHYL ETHERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84872434331     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2012.012027     Document Type: Article

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