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Preference Tests with Rodents to Assess Housing Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

H J M Blom ,
V Baumans ,
C J A H V Van Vorstenbosch ,
LFM Van Zutphen  and
A C Beynen
H J M Blom*
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80.166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
V Baumans
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80.166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
C J A H V Van Vorstenbosch
Affiliation:
Department of Functional Morphology, University of Utrecht
LFM Van Zutphen
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80.166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands
A C Beynen
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80.166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands Agricultural University, Wageningen
*
† Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints
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Introduction

Guidelines have been formulated by the European Community (EC 1986) to cover housing conditions for laboratory animals. These guidelines are based essentially on common practice of housing laboratory animals and on limited data concerning relations between housing conditions and either animal growth or development of pathologies. Further information on this subject is required to optimize housing conditions of laboratory animals.

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Short Communication
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Animal Welfare , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 81 - 87
Copyright
© 1993 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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