The time-to-integrate-to-nest test as an indicator of wellbeing in laboratory mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-28

  Rock, Meagan L ^a   Karas, Alicia Z ^a   Gartrell Rodriguez, Katherine B ^a   Gallo, Miranda S ^a   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen ^b   Karas, Richard H ^c   Aronovitz, Mark ^c   Gaskill, Brianna N ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TIME TO INTEGRATE TO NEST TEST; WELLBEING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892523313     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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