Operant studies to determine the strength of preference in laboratory rats for nest-boxes and nesting material (1998)

Abstract

It was shown that the rats would carry out more work to reach a nest-box, with or without nesting material, than to reach an empty cage.

Published
1998

Animal Type
Rat, Rodent

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Citation
Manser, C. E., Broom, D. M., Overend, P. et al. 1998b. Operant studies to determine the strength of preference in laboratory rats for nest-boxes and nesting material. Laboratory Animals 32, 36-41.

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