Effects of cage type and gnawing blocks on weight gain, organ weights and open-field behaviour in wistar rats
| Autor: | Eskola, Satu, Kaliste-Korhonen, Eila |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| DOI: | 10.23675/sjlas.v25i4.832 |
| Popis: | Two separate experiments were conducted to study the environmental enrichment value of aspen gnawing blocks in solid bottom cages with bedding '(SBC) and in grid floor cages without bedding (GFC), and the effects of housing environments on the physiology and behaviour of male outbred Wistar rats (n=90). Animals were housed in groups of 3 from weaning until the age of 8-12 weeks. The behaviour of animals in the first experiment was tested in five minute open-field tests at the age of 8 and 12 weeks. Rats gnawed blocks about four times more in GFCs than in SBCs (p Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Vol. 25 No. 4 (1998) |
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