The naked truth: Breeding performance in nude mice with and without nesting material

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 110-116

  Gaskill, Brianna N ^a,b   Winnicker, Christina ^b   Garner, Joseph P ^c   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84873479690     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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