The amount of cage bedding preferred by female BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice
| Autor: | Hansjoachim Hackbarth, H. D. Stelzer, Jennifer Freymann, Ping-Ping Tsai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Litter (animal)
C57BL/6 Mice Inbred BALB C Environmental enrichment Behavior Animal General Veterinary biology Bedding Animal Welfare biology.organism_classification Housing Animal BALB/c Mice Inbred C57BL Mice Animal science Animals Laboratory Animals Female Animal Science and Zoology Animal Husbandry Cage |
| Zdroj: | Lab Animal. 44:17-22 |
| ISSN: | 1548-4475 0093-7355 |
| Popis: | In order to improve the welfare of laboratory mice, a number of different environmental enrichment strategies have been developed to provide opportunities for mice to engage in naturalistic behaviors. Providing sufficient cage bedding for mice to use as a burrowing substrate could be considered an environmental enrichment strategy, but few studies have considered the welfare aspects of cage bedding amount. The authors compared the preferences of group-housed female BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice for three different volumes of cage bedding (0.5 l, 1.5 l and 6 l). Mice of both strains but especially C57BL/6 mice showed strong preferences for cages with more bedding. The results highlight the importance of providing a sufficient amount of cage bedding to laboratory mice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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