Human activity and visual contact with the surrounding environment affect the stress response and behvior of laboratory rats (2007)

Cloutier, S., Newberry, R. C.

Abstract

Providing rats with partial visual cover and controlling for levels of human exposure within rodent rooms could improve rat welfare and external validity of behavioral tests used in biomedical research.

Published
2007

Animal Type
Rat, Rodent

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Citation
Cloutier, S., Newberry, R. C. 2007. Human activity and visual contact with the surrounding environment affect the stress response and behvior of laboratory rats. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 24-25 (Abstract).

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