Impact of nesting material on mouse body temperature and physiology

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-95

  Gaskill, Brianna N ^a,b   Gordon, Christopher J ^c   Pajor, Edmond A ^d   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^e   Davis, Jerry K ^g   Garner, Joseph P ^f  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioral thermoregulation; Enrichment; Mice; Nesting material

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; LABORATORY; MALE; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; TELEMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 84872761507     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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