Reducing mouse anxiety during handling: effect of experience with handling tunnels.

Handling stress is a well-recognised source of variation in animal studies that can also compromise the welfare of research animals. To reduce background variation and maximise welfare, methods that minimise handling stress should be developed and used wherever possible. Recent evidence has shown th...

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Main Authors: Kelly Gouveia, Jane L Hurst
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e21b19fa551144bfa88f5b08e252f408
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