Aggression in domesticated rats reared in a burrow-digging environment
| Autor: | Michael M. Nikoletseas, Richard Lore |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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inorganic chemicals
Aggression fungi Zoology Biology equipment and supplies Body weight Burrow complex mixtures Developmental psychology Digging Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Comparable size Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine bacteria Weaning medicine.symptom Domestication Cage General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Aggressive Behavior. 7:245-252 |
| ISSN: | 1098-2337 0096-140X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1098-2337(1981)7:3<245::aid-ab2480070307>3.0.co;2-d |
| Popis: | Male and female rats were raised individually in either large boxes filled with soil (burrow environment) or laboratory cages of comparable size (cage environment). In a test of intruder-elicited aggression, intruders exposed to burrow-environment residents lost more body weight, were more likely to have empty stomachs, and received more wounds during a 24 hour aggression test. The results indicate that the physical environment during the period from weaning to maturity is an important determinant of aggression intensity in adult rats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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