Acute effects of cage cleaning at different frequencies on laboratory rat behaviour and welfare (2006)

Burn, C. C., Peters, A., Mason, G. J.

Abstract

We found no evidence that cage cleaning caused rats any acute decrease in welfare - a finding consistent with additional data we have obtained on the lack of preference by rats for soiled over clean cages, and a lack of long-term, behavioural and physiological responses to being cleaned frequently or infrequently.