Mouse

Sound and its significance for laboratory animals

Several methods of varying accuracy have been used to assess what sounds small laboratory animals such as rodents are capable of hearing. Most rodents can detect sounds from 1000 Hz (the frequency of the Greenwich Time Signal) up to 100000...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Chinchilla, Gerbil, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Mole Rat, Mouse, Other Rodent, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Gamble, M. R. 1982. Sound and its significance for laboratory animals. Biological Reviews 57, 395-421.

Environmental enrichment and restriction: Effects on reactivity, exploration and maze learning in mice with septal lesions

Mice from enriched living conditions showed less fear responses [resistance to capture, handling; vocalization] than mice from barren standard housing conditions.

Year Published: 1982Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Engellenner, W. J., Goodlett, C. R., Burright, R. G. et al. 1982. Environmental enrichment and restriction: Effects on reactivity, exploration and maze learning in mice with septal lesions. Physiology and Behavior 29, 885-893.

Relationship of mouse body weight and food consumption/wastage to cage shelf level

Cage shelf level affects body weight in mice.

Year Published: 1983Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Greenman, D. L., Bryant, P., Kodell, R. L. et al. 1983. Relationship of mouse body weight and food consumption/wastage to cage shelf level. Laboratory Animal Science 33, 555-558.

Light intensity influences the oestrous cycle of LACA mice

The variation in light intensities in the center of multi-tier, translucent rodent cages can exceed an 8-fold difference at bottom rows from top rows.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Clough, G. , Donnelly, H. T. 1984. Light intensity influences the oestrous cycle of LACA mice. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (ed), 60. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Association between cage shelf level and spontaneous and induced neoplasms in mice

Mortality and tumor incidence in carcinogenesis experiments differ between mice caged in the top vs. bottom of the rack.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Greenman, D. L., Kodell, R. L., Sheldon, W. G. 1984. Association between cage shelf level and spontaneous and induced neoplasms in mice. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 73, 107-113.

Environmental factors in relation to the comfort and well-being of laboratory rats and mice

Of all the commonly considered environmental factors, light intensity within cages is probably the most variable.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Clough, G. 1984. Environmental factors in relation to the comfort and well-being of laboratory rats and mice. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management . The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (ed), 7-23. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

The mouse: In residence and in transit

Description of a cage designed to meet species-typical environmental needs of mice.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Wallace, M. E. 1984. The mouse: In residence and in transit. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare 25-39. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

The rodents II: Suborder Myomorpha

It is good advice to form new groups in clean cages to avoid territorial antagonism resulting from familiar odor cues.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Gerbil, Hamster, Mouse, Other Rodent, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Brown, R. E. 1985. The rodents II: Suborder Myomorpha. In: Social Odours in Mammals, Volume 1. Brown, R. E. , MacDonald, D. W. (eds). Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK.

Nest-box exploration and choice in male and female mice tested under individual and social conditions

Nest-box exploration and the choice of nest site were studied in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus L.) using a long-term successive choice procedure involving six simultaneously available nest-boxes differing in size and shape. The subjects of the experiments were male...

Year Published: 1986Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Buhot, M. C. 1986. Nest-box exploration and choice in male and female mice tested under individual and social conditions. Behavioural Processes 13, 119-148.

The functions of urine marking in a free-living population of house mice, Mus domesticus rutty

The urine-marking behaviour of free-living house mice,Mus domesticusRutty, was investigated in a poultry house where mice defended small territories and where evidence of previous marking behaviour was extensive. Thin smears of urine were found spread over most surfaces and concentrated...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Hurst, J. L. 1987. The functions of urine marking in a free-living population of house mice, Mus domesticus rutty. Animal Behaviour 35, 1433-1442.