Reducing Mouse Anxiety during Handling: Effect of Experience with Handling Tunnels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gouveia, Kelly ^a   Hurst, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84879273216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066401     Document Type: Article

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