Improvements in transgenic animal husbandry and welfare: Provision of exercise wheels for group housed mice (1999)

Redrobe, S.

Abstract

The wheels are in almost constant use. The introduction of wheels therefore led to a cessation of the stereotypic cage climbing behaviour and the gnawing of food. However, there is some controversy as to whether wheel running is in itself a stereotypic behaviour or a positive device for environmental enrichment and physical exercise.