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The effects of social housing on diabetic laboratory canines: Food consumption, weight, behavior, glucose tolerance, and insuline levels (2008)

Coke Murphy, C., Salleng, K. J., Scott, M.

Abstract

Compatible pair housing of captive canines optimizes animal welfare by reducing stress levels as shown through weight maintenance, daily food consumption, decreased presence of abnormal behaviors, and no assignable negative effects on research, thereby refining and reducing the number of dogs needed for research.

Published
2008

Animal Type
Dog
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Coke Murphy, C., Salleng, K. J., Scott, M. 2008. The effects of social housing on diabetic laboratory canines: Food consumption, weight, behavior, glucose tolerance, and insuline levels. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 87 (Abstract).

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