Housing of female mice in a new environment and its influence on post-surgical behaviour and recovery

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 209-217

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Burrowing; Housing conditions; Mice; Refinement; Well being

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROWING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HOUSING CONDITIONS; POSTURE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84886588810     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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